What color is #87B3A2?

#87B3A2 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Lichen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87B3A2?

The RGB value is 135, 179, 162: 135 red, 179 green and 162 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87B3A2?

The complementary color is #B38798, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87B3A2?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9:1 and white text 2.33:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87B3A2 color

#87B3A2 rgb(135, 179, 162)

Shades of green

The hex color #87B3A2 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 70.2% green and 63.5% blue (135, 179, 162).

Its hue angle is 157°, with 22% saturation and 62% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 30% black.

The closest named color is Lichen (#8EBAA6), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9:1).

#87B3A2 color codes

HEX	`#87B3A2`
RGB	`rgb(135, 179, 162)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 70.2%, 63.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(157, 22%, 62%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(157, 25%, 70%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(25%, 0%, 9%, 30%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(69.47, -18.29, 3.91)`
CIE LCH	`lch(69.47, 18.7, 167.94)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(32.631, 39.998, 40.177)`
Decimal	`8893346`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87B3A2, 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 #87B3A2	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87B3A2 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9:1	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 #87B3A2 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87b3a2; }
.text { color: #87b3a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87b3a2; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 179 162 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87b3a2, #87aeb3); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dark Sea Green.

Questions

What color is #87B3A2?: #87B3A2 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Lichen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87B3A2?: The RGB value is 135, 179, 162: 135 red, 179 green and 162 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87B3A2?: The complementary color is #B38798, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87B3A2?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9:1 and white text 2.33:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.