What color is #87A790?

#87A790 is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87A790?

The RGB value is 135, 167, 144: 135 red, 167 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87A790?

The complementary color is #A7879E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87A790?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.96:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87A790 color

#87A790 rgb(135, 167, 144)

Shades of green

The hex color #87A790 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 65.5% green and 56.5% blue (135, 167, 144).

Its hue angle is 137°, with 15% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is OMGreen (#8CA891), a difference of 1.2 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.96:1).

#87A790 color codes

HEX	`#87A790`
RGB	`rgb(135, 167, 144)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 65.5%, 56.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(137, 15%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(137, 19%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(19%, 0%, 14%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.59, -15.7, 8.29)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.59, 17.75, 152.15)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(28.843, 34.801, 31.578)`
Decimal	`8890256`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87A790, 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 #87A790	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.96:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87A790 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.64:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.96:1	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 #87A790 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87a790; }
.text { color: #87a790; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87a790; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 167 144 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87a790, #87a7a0); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #87A790?: #87A790 is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87A790?: The RGB value is 135, 167, 144: 135 red, 167 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87A790?: The complementary color is #A7879E, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87A790?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.96:1 and white text 2.64:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.