What color is #87C19B?

#87C19B is a light, desaturated green, closest to the named color Irish Spring. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87C19B?

The RGB value is 135, 193, 155: 135 red, 193 green and 155 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87C19B?

The complementary color is #C187AD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87C19B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.13:1 and white text 2.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87C19B color

#87C19B rgb(135, 193, 155)

Shades of green

The hex color #87C19B is a light, desaturated green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 75.7% green and 60.8% blue (135, 193, 155).

Its hue angle is 141°, with 32% saturation and 64% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 30% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 24% black.

The closest named color is Irish Spring (#90CCA3), a difference of 2.9 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.13:1).

#87C19B color codes

HEX	`#87C19B`
RGB	`rgb(135, 193, 155)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 75.7%, 60.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(141, 32%, 64%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(141, 30%, 76%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 0%, 20%, 24%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(73.32, -26.71, 13.22)`
CIE LCH	`lch(73.32, 29.8, 153.66)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(34.976, 45.656, 37.974)`
Decimal	`8896923`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87C19B, 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 #87C19B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.13:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87C19B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.07:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.13:1	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 #87C19B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87c19b; }
.text { color: #87c19b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87c19b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 193 155 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87c19b, #87c1b8); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Questions

What color is #87C19B?: #87C19B is a light, desaturated green, closest to the named color Irish Spring. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87C19B?: The RGB value is 135, 193, 155: 135 red, 193 green and 155 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87C19B?: The complementary color is #C187AD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87C19B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.13:1 and white text 2.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.