What color is #837B84?

#837B84 is a gray, closest to the named color Chain Mail. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #837B84?

The RGB value is 131, 123, 132: 131 red, 123 green and 132 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #837B84?

The complementary color is #7C847B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #837B84?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 and white text 4.09:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#837B84 color

#837B84 rgb(131, 123, 132)

Shades of gray

The hex color #837B84 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.4% red, 48.2% green and 51.8% blue (131, 123, 132).

Its hue angle is 293°, with 4% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black.

The closest named color is Chain Mail (#81777F), a difference of 1.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.13:1).

#837B84 color codes

HEX	`#837B84`
RGB	`rgb(131, 123, 132)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.4%, 48.2%, 51.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(293, 4%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(293, 7%, 52%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 7%, 0%, 48%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.57, 4.8, -3.79)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.57, 6.12, 321.71)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.607, 20.657, 24.727)`
Decimal	`8616836`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #837B84, 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 #837B84	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.13:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.09:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#837B84 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.09:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.13:1	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 #837B84 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #837b84; }
.text { color: #837b84; }
.border { border: 2px solid #837b84; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(131 123 132 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #837b84, #847b81); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #837B84?: #837B84 is a gray, closest to the named color Chain Mail. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #837B84?: The RGB value is 131, 123, 132: 131 red, 123 green and 132 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #837B84?: The complementary color is #7C847B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #837B84?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 and white text 4.09:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.