What color is #8BA78F?

#8BA78F is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #8BA78F?

The RGB value is 139, 167, 143: 139 red, 167 green and 143 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #8BA78F?

The complementary color is #A78BA3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #8BA78F?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 and white text 2.62:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#8BA78F color

#8BA78F rgb(139, 167, 143)

Shades of green

The hex color #8BA78F is a grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 54.5% red, 65.5% green and 56.1% blue (139, 167, 143).

Its hue angle is 129°, with 14% saturation and 60% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 17% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 35% black.

The closest named color is OMGreen (#8CA891), a difference of 0.5 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.02:1).

#8BA78F color codes

HEX	`#8BA78F`
RGB	`rgb(139, 167, 143)`
RGB percent	`rgb(54.5%, 65.5%, 56.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(129, 14%, 60%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(129, 17%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(17%, 0%, 14%, 35%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.83, -14.49, 9.23)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.83, 17.18, 147.52)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(29.423, 35.109, 31.208)`
Decimal	`9152399`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #8BA78F, 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 #8BA78F	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.02:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.62:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#8BA78F as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.62:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.02:1	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 #8BA78F looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #8ba78f; }
.text { color: #8ba78f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ba78f; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(139 167 143 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #8ba78f, #8ba79d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Sage Green.

Questions

What color is #8BA78F?: #8BA78F is a grayish green, closest to the named color OMGreen. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #8BA78F?: The RGB value is 139, 167, 143: 139 red, 167 green and 143 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #8BA78F?: The complementary color is #A78BA3, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #8BA78F?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 and white text 2.62:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.