What color is #837F84?

#837F84 is a gray, closest to the named color Lunar Outpost. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #837F84?

The RGB value is 131, 127, 132: 131 red, 127 green and 132 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #837F84?

The complementary color is #80847F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #837F84?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.33:1 and white text 3.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#837F84 color

#837F84 rgb(131, 127, 132)

Shades of gray

The hex color #837F84 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 51.4% red, 49.8% green and 51.8% blue (131, 127, 132).

Its hue angle is 288°, with 2% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 48% black.

The closest named color is Lunar Outpost (#828287), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.33:1).

#837F84 color codes

HEX	`#837F84`
RGB	`rgb(131, 127, 132)`
RGB percent	`rgb(51.4%, 49.8%, 51.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(288, 2%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(288, 4%, 52%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 4%, 0%, 48%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.68, 2.49, -2.17)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.68, 3.3, 318.97)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.114, 21.67, 24.896)`
Decimal	`8617860`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #837F84, 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 #837F84	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.33:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.94:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#837F84 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.94:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.33:1	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 #837F84 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #837f84; }
.text { color: #837f84; }
.border { border: 2px solid #837f84; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(131 127 132 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #837f84, #847f83); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #837F84?: #837F84 is a gray, closest to the named color Lunar Outpost. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #837F84?: The RGB value is 131, 127, 132: 131 red, 127 green and 132 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #837F84?: The complementary color is #80847F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #837F84?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.33:1 and white text 3.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.