What color is #87E89B?

#87E89B is a light, moderate green, closest to the named color Light Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #87E89B?

The RGB value is 135, 232, 155: 135 red, 232 green and 155 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #87E89B?

The complementary color is #E887D4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #87E89B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 14.05:1 and white text 1.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#87E89B color

#87E89B rgb(135, 232, 155)

Shades of green

The hex color #87E89B is a light, moderate green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 91% green and 60.8% blue (135, 232, 155).

Its hue angle is 132°, with 68% saturation and 72% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 42% cyan, 0% magenta, 33% yellow and 9% black.

The closest named color is Light Green (#90EE90), a difference of 3.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 14.05:1).

#87E89B color codes

HEX	`#87E89B`
RGB	`rgb(135, 232, 155)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 91%, 60.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(132, 68%, 72%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(132, 42%, 91%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(42%, 0%, 33%, 9%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(84.6, -44.62, 28.75)`
CIE LCH	`lch(84.6, 53.08, 147.2)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(44.762, 65.228, 41.236)`
Decimal	`8906907`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #87E89B, 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 #87E89B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	14.05:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.5:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#87E89B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.5:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	14.05:1	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 #87E89B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #87e89b; }
.text { color: #87e89b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #87e89b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 232 155 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #87e89b, #87e8cc); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #87E89B?: #87E89B is a light, moderate green, closest to the named color Light Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #87E89B?: The RGB value is 135, 232, 155: 135 red, 232 green and 155 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #87E89B?: The complementary color is #E887D4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #87E89B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 14.05:1 and white text 1.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.