What color is #828B82?

#828B82 is a gray, closest to the named color Mummy’s Tomb. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #828B82?

The RGB value is 130, 139, 130: 130 red, 139 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #828B82?

The complementary color is #8B828B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #828B82?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.96:1 and white text 3.52:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#828B82 color

#828B82 rgb(130, 139, 130)

Shades of gray

The hex color #828B82 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51% red, 54.5% green and 51% blue (130, 139, 130).

Its hue angle is 120°, with 4% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 6% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Mummy’s Tomb (#828E84), a difference of 1.6 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.96:1).

#828B82 color codes

HEX	`#828B82`
RGB	`rgb(130, 139, 130)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51%, 54.5%, 51%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 4%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 6%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(6%, 0%, 6%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.9, -5.08, 3.68)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.9, 6.27, 144.08)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.467, 24.823, 24.722)`
Decimal	`8555394`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #828B82, 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 #828B82	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.96:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.52:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#828B82 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.52:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.96:1	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 #828B82 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #828b82; }
.text { color: #828b82; }
.border { border: 2px solid #828b82; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(130 139 130 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #828b82, #828b86); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #828B82?: #828B82 is a gray, closest to the named color Mummy’s Tomb. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #828B82?: The RGB value is 130, 139, 130: 130 red, 139 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #828B82?: The complementary color is #8B828B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #828B82?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.96:1 and white text 3.52:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.