What color is #837B71?

#837B71 is a gray, closest to the named color Gotham. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #837B71?

The RGB value is 131, 123, 113: 131 red, 123 green and 113 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #837B71?

The complementary color is #717983, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #837B71?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 and white text 4.17:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#837B71 color

#837B71 rgb(131, 123, 113)

Shades of gray

The hex color #837B71 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.4% red, 48.2% green and 44.3% blue (131, 123, 113).

Its hue angle is 33°, with 7% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 14% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Gotham (#807872), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.04:1).

#837B71 color codes

HEX	`#837B71`
RGB	`rgb(131, 123, 113)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.4%, 48.2%, 44.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(33, 7%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(33, 14%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 6%, 14%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.04, 1.21, 6.56)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.04, 6.67, 79.51)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.423, 20.184, 18.492)`
Decimal	`8616817`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #837B71, 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 #837B71	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.04:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.17:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#837B71 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.17:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.04:1	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 #837B71 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #837b71; }
.text { color: #837b71; }
.border { border: 2px solid #837b71; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(131 123 113 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #837b71, #828371); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Battleship Gray.

Questions

What color is #837B71?: #837B71 is a gray, closest to the named color Gotham. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #837B71?: The RGB value is 131, 123, 113: 131 red, 123 green and 113 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #837B71?: The complementary color is #717983, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #837B71?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 and white text 4.17:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.