What color is #899E8B?

#899E8B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #899E8B?

The RGB value is 137, 158, 139: 137 red, 158 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #899E8B?

The complementary color is #9E899C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #899E8B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.33:1 and white text 2.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#899E8B color

#899E8B rgb(137, 158, 139)

Shades of green

The hex color #899E8B is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 53.7% red, 62% green and 54.5% blue (137, 158, 139).

Its hue angle is 126°, with 10% saturation and 58% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 12% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Mother Earth (#849C8D), a difference of 2 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.33:1).

#899E8B color codes

HEX	`#899E8B`
RGB	`rgb(137, 158, 139)`
RGB percent	`rgb(53.7%, 62%, 54.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(126, 10%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(126, 13%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(13%, 0%, 12%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(63.04, -11.19, 7.46)`
CIE LCH	`lch(63.04, 13.45, 146.31)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(27.203, 31.636, 29.094)`
Decimal	`9019019`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #899E8B, 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 #899E8B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.33:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#899E8B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.87:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.33:1	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 #899E8B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #899e8b; }
.text { color: #899e8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #899e8b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(137 158 139 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #899e8b, #899e95); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #899E8B?: #899E8B is a grayish green, closest to the named color Mother Earth. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #899E8B?: The RGB value is 137, 158, 139: 137 red, 158 green and 139 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #899E8B?: The complementary color is #9E899C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #899E8B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.33:1 and white text 2.87:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.