What color is #82837E?

#82837E is a gray, closest to the named color Happy Hippo. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #82837E?

The RGB value is 130, 131, 126: 130 red, 131 green and 126 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #82837E?

The complementary color is #7F7E83, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #82837E?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.5:1 and white text 3.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#82837E color

#82837E rgb(130, 131, 126)

Shades of gray

The hex color #82837E is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 51.4% green and 49.4% blue (130, 131, 126).

Its hue angle is 72°, with 2% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Happy Hippo (#818581), a difference of 1.6 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.5:1).

#82837E color codes

HEX	`#82837E`
RGB	`rgb(130, 131, 126)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 51.4%, 49.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(72, 2%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(72, 4%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 0%, 4%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(54.54, -1.35, 2.57)`
CIE LCH	`lch(54.54, 2.9, 117.75)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.088, 22.485, 22.964)`
Decimal	`8553342`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #82837E, 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 #82837E	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.5:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.82:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#82837E as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.82:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.5:1	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 #82837E looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #82837e; }
.text { color: #82837e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82837e; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 131 126 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #82837e, #80837e); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #82837E?: #82837E is a gray, closest to the named color Happy Hippo. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #82837E?: The RGB value is 130, 131, 126: 130 red, 131 green and 126 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #82837E?: The complementary color is #7F7E83, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #82837E?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.5:1 and white text 3.82:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.