What color is #837D78?

#837D78 is a gray, closest to the named color Mule. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #837D78?

The RGB value is 131, 125, 120: 131 red, 125 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #837D78?

The complementary color is #787E83, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #837D78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.17:1 and white text 4.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#837D78 color

#837D78 rgb(131, 125, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #837D78 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.4% red, 49% green and 47.1% blue (131, 125, 120).

Its hue angle is 27°, with 4% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 5% magenta, 8% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Mule (#827B77), a difference of 1.1 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.17:1).

#837D78 color codes

HEX	`#837D78`
RGB	`rgb(131, 125, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.4%, 49%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(27, 4%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(27, 8%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 5%, 8%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.78, 1.33, 3.53)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.78, 3.77, 69.41)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.083, 20.849, 20.732)`
Decimal	`8617336`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #837D78, 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 #837D78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.17:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.06:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#837D78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.06:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.17:1	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 #837D78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #837d78; }
.text { color: #837d78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #837d78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(131 125 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #837d78, #838378); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #837D78?: #837D78 is a gray, closest to the named color Mule. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #837D78?: The RGB value is 131, 125, 120: 131 red, 125 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #837D78?: The complementary color is #787E83, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #837D78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.17:1 and white text 4.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.