Information about #859989 color

#859989 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #859989 belongs to the Green Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(133, 153, 137) (52.2% red, 60% green, 53.7% blue), or CMYK 8 / 0 / 6 / 40 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A softly muted balanced grey tone, #859989 carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Bluegrass (#839783). Slightly further away sit Mantle (#8B9C90) and Inside Back (#848E88).

In RGB terms — rgb(133, 153, 137) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #859989: 6.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.0:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#859989 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#859989 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #859989

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bluegrass color link
Bluegrass

#839783

Mantle color link
Mantle

#8B9C90

Inside Back color link
Inside Back

#848E88

Stack color link
Stack

#8A8F8A

Granny Smith color link
Granny Smith

#7B948C

Forcefield color link
Forcefield

#899694

Dolphin Gray color link
Dolphin Gray

#828E84

Avatar color link
Avatar

#8B8F8E

Washed Green color link
Washed Green

#909782

Gannet Grey color link
Gannet Grey

#8E918F

Crescent color link
Crescent

#839596

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#859989
  • RGB133, 153, 137
  • CMYK8, 0, 6, 40
  • CSSrgb(133, 153, 137)
  • HSL132°, 9%, 56%
  • HSL Precise132°, 8.929%, 56.078%
  • HSV132°, 13%, 60%
  • HSB132°, 13%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.537
  • GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.600, 0.537)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.600, 0.537, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.600, 0.537)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB53.7%
  • Color FamilyGreen
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID859989
  • DECIMAL ID8755593
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01