What color is #87B5A8?

#87B5A8 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87B5A8?

The RGB value is 135, 181, 168: 135 red, 181 green and 168 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87B5A8?

The complementary color is #B58794, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87B5A8?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.21:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87B5A8 color

#87B5A8 rgb(135, 181, 168)

Shades of green

The hex color #87B5A8 is a grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 71% green and 65.9% blue (135, 181, 168).

Its hue angle is 163°, with 24% saturation and 62% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 29% black.

The closest named color is Treetop (#91B6AC), a difference of 2.6 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 9.21:1).

#87B5A8 color codes

HEX	`#87B5A8`
RGB	`rgb(135, 181, 168)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 71%, 65.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(163, 24%, 62%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(163, 25%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(25%, 0%, 7%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(70.19, -18.05, 1.66)`
CIE LCH	`lch(70.19, 18.12, 174.74)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(33.581, 41.024, 43.187)`
Decimal	`8893864`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87B5A8, 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 #87B5A8	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	9.21:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87B5A8 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.28:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	9.21:1	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 #87B5A8 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87b5a8; }
.text { color: #87b5a8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87b5a8; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 181 168 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87b5a8, #87abb5); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Cadet Blue.

Questions

What color is #87B5A8?: #87B5A8 is a grayish spring green, closest to the named color Treetop. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87B5A8?: The RGB value is 135, 181, 168: 135 red, 181 green and 168 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87B5A8?: The complementary color is #B58794, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87B5A8?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 9.21:1 and white text 2.28:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.