What color is #87AA8B?

#87AA8B is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87AA8B?

The RGB value is 135, 170, 139: 135 red, 170 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87AA8B?

The complementary color is #AA87A6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87AA8B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.15:1 and white text 2.58:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87AA8B color

#87AA8B rgb(135, 170, 139)

Shades of green

The hex color #87AA8B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 66.7% green and 54.5% blue (135, 170, 139).

Its hue angle is 127°, with 17% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 33% black.

The closest named color is OMGreen (#8CA891), a difference of 3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.15:1).

#87AA8B color codes

HEX	`#87AA8B`
RGB	`rgb(135, 170, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 66.7%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(127, 17%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(127, 21%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(21%, 0%, 18%, 33%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.34, -18.2, 12.12)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.34, 21.87, 146.35)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.025, 35.764, 29.795)`
Decimal	`8891019`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87AA8B, 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 #87AA8B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.15:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.58:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87AA8B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.58:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.15:1	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 #87AA8B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87aa8b; }
.text { color: #87aa8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87aa8b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 170 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87aa8b, #87aa9d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #87AA8B?: #87AA8B is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87AA8B?: The RGB value is 135, 170, 139: 135 red, 170 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87AA8B?: The complementary color is #AA87A6, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87AA8B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.15:1 and white text 2.58:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.