What color is #828A92?

#828A92 is a gray, closest to the named color Serious Cloud. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #828A92?

The RGB value is 130, 138, 146: 130 red, 138 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #828A92?

The complementary color is #928A82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #828A92?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#828A92 color

#828A92 rgb(130, 138, 146)

Shades of gray

The hex color #828A92 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 54.1% green and 57.3% blue (130, 138, 146).

Its hue angle is 210°, with 7% saturation and 54% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 11% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 43% black.

The closest named color is Serious Cloud (#7D848B), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6:1).

#828A92 color codes

HEX	`#828A92`
RGB	`rgb(130, 138, 146)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 54.1%, 57.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(210, 7%, 54%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(210, 11%, 57%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 5%, 0%, 43%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(57.07, -1.23, -5.27)`
CIE LCH	`lch(57.07, 5.41, 256.82)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(23.482, 24.998, 30.776)`
Decimal	`8555154`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #828A92, 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 #828A92	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#828A92 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.5:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6:1	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 #828A92 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #828a92; }
.text { color: #828a92; }
.border { border: 2px solid #828a92; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 138 146 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #828a92, #828292); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Pewter.

Questions

What color is #828A92?: #828A92 is a gray, closest to the named color Serious Cloud. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #828A92?: The RGB value is 130, 138, 146: 130 red, 138 green and 146 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #828A92?: The complementary color is #928A82, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #828A92?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6:1 and white text 3.5:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.