What color is #817C80?

#817C80 is a gray, closest to the named color Lunar Outpost. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #817C80?

The RGB value is 129, 124, 128: 129 red, 124 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #817C80?

The complementary color is #7C817D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #817C80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 and white text 4.1:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#817C80 color

#817C80 rgb(129, 124, 128)

Shades of gray

The hex color #817C80 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 50.6% red, 48.6% green and 50.2% blue (129, 124, 128).

Its hue angle is 312°, with 2% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 1% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Lunar Outpost (#828287), a difference of 3.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.13:1).

#817C80 color codes

HEX	`#817C80`
RGB	`rgb(129, 124, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(50.6%, 48.6%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(312, 2%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(312, 4%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 4%, 1%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.55, 2.68, -1.5)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.55, 3.07, 330.76)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.157, 20.641, 23.34)`
Decimal	`8486016`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #817C80, 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 #817C80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.13:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.1:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#817C80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.1:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.13:1	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 #817C80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #817c80; }
.text { color: #817c80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #817c80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(129 124 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #817c80, #817c7e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Questions

What color is #817C80?: #817C80 is a gray, closest to the named color Lunar Outpost. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #817C80?: The RGB value is 129, 124, 128: 129 red, 124 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #817C80?: The complementary color is #7C817D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #817C80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 and white text 4.1:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.