What color is #87A39F?

#87A39F is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87A39F?

The RGB value is 135, 163, 159: 135 red, 163 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87A39F?

The complementary color is #A3878B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87A39F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.77:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87A39F color

#87A39F rgb(135, 163, 159)

Shades of gray

The hex color #87A39F is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 63.9% green and 62.4% blue (135, 163, 159).

Its hue angle is 171°, with 13% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 36% black.

The closest named color is Japanese Bonsai (#829F96), a difference of 2.8 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.77:1).

#87A39F color codes

HEX	`#87A39F`
RGB	`rgb(135, 163, 159)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 63.9%, 62.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(171, 13%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(171, 17%, 64%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 2%, 36%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(64.84, -10.52, -1.16)`
CIE LCH	`lch(64.84, 10.58, 186.29)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.345, 33.848, 37.781)`
Decimal	`8889247`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87A39F, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #87A39F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.77:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87A39F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.7:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.77:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #87A39F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87a39f; }
.text { color: #87a39f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87a39f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 163 159 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87a39f, #8799a3); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Juniper.

Questions

What color is #87A39F?: #87A39F is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Japanese Bonsai. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87A39F?: The RGB value is 135, 163, 159: 135 red, 163 green and 159 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87A39F?: The complementary color is #A3878B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87A39F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.77:1 and white text 2.7:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.