What color is #7B8274?

#7B8274 is a gray, closest to the named color Camo Clay. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #7B8274?

The RGB value is 123, 130, 116: 123 red, 130 green and 116 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #7B8274?

The complementary color is #7B7482, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #7B8274?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 and white text 3.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#7B8274 color

#7B8274 rgb(123, 130, 116)

Shades of gray

The hex color #7B8274 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 48.2% red, 51% green and 45.5% blue (123, 130, 116).

Its hue angle is 90°, with 6% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 5% cyan, 0% magenta, 11% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Camo Clay (#747F71), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.29:1).

#7B8274 color codes

HEX	`#7B8274`
RGB	`rgb(123, 130, 116)`
RGB percent	`rgb(48.2%, 51%, 45.5%)`
HSL	`hsl(90, 6%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(90, 11%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(5%, 0%, 11%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.42, -5.35, 6.69)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.42, 8.57, 128.61)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.303, 21.437, 19.64)`
Decimal	`8094324`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #7B8274, 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 #7B8274	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.29:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.97:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#7B8274 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.97:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.29:1	Pass	Fail	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 #7B8274 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #7b8274; }
.text { color: #7b8274; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7b8274; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(123 130 116 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #7b8274, #748274); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #7B8274?: #7B8274 is a gray, closest to the named color Camo Clay. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #7B8274?: The RGB value is 123, 130, 116: 123 red, 130 green and 116 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #7B8274?: The complementary color is #7B7482, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #7B8274?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 and white text 3.97:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.