What color is #827B81?

#827B81 is a gray, closest to the named color Chain Mail. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #827B81?

The RGB value is 130, 123, 129: 130 red, 123 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #827B81?

The complementary color is #7B827C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #827B81?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.1:1 and white text 4.12:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#827B81 color

#827B81 rgb(130, 123, 129)

Shades of gray

The hex color #827B81 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 48.2% green and 50.6% blue (130, 123, 129).

Its hue angle is 309°, with 3% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 1% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Chain Mail (#81777F), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.1:1).

#827B81 color codes

HEX	`#827B81`
RGB	`rgb(130, 123, 129)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 48.2%, 50.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(309, 3%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(309, 5%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 5%, 1%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.39, 3.83, -2.31)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.39, 4.47, 328.92)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.251, 20.497, 23.654)`
Decimal	`8551297`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #827B81, 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 #827B81	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.1:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.12:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#827B81 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.12:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.1:1	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 #827B81 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #827b81; }
.text { color: #827b81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #827b81; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 123 129 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #827b81, #827b7e); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #827B81?: #827B81 is a gray, closest to the named color Chain Mail. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #827B81?: The RGB value is 130, 123, 129: 130 red, 123 green and 129 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #827B81?: The complementary color is #7B827C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #827B81?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.1:1 and white text 4.12:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.