What color is #87A890?

#87A890 is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87A890?

The RGB value is 135, 168, 144: 135 red, 168 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87A890?

The complementary color is #A8879F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87A890?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.03:1 and white text 2.61:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87A890 color

#87A890 rgb(135, 168, 144)

Shades of green

The hex color #87A890 is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 65.9% green and 56.5% blue (135, 168, 144).

Its hue angle is 136°, with 16% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 34% black.

The closest named color is OMGreen (#8CA891), a difference of 1.4 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.03:1).

#87A890 color codes

HEX	`#87A890`
RGB	`rgb(135, 168, 144)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 65.9%, 56.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(136, 16%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(136, 20%, 66%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(20%, 0%, 14%, 34%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.88, -16.22, 8.7)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.88, 18.41, 151.78)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.027, 35.169, 31.639)`
Decimal	`8890512`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87A890, 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 #87A890	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.03:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.61:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87A890 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.61:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.03:1	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 #87A890 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87a890; }
.text { color: #87a890; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87a890; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 168 144 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87a890, #87a8a1); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #87A890?: #87A890 is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87A890?: The RGB value is 135, 168, 144: 135 red, 168 green and 144 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87A890?: The complementary color is #A8879F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87A890?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.03:1 and white text 2.61:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.