What color is #857D75?

#857D75 is a gray, closest to the named color Gotham. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #857D75?

The RGB value is 133, 125, 117: 133 red, 125 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #857D75?

The complementary color is #757D85, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #857D75?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.19:1 and white text 4.05:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#857D75 color

#857D75 rgb(133, 125, 117)

Shades of gray

The hex color #857D75 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.2% red, 49% green and 45.9% blue (133, 125, 117).

Its hue angle is 30°, with 6% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 12% yellow and 48% black.

The closest named color is Gotham (#807872), a difference of 2.2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.19:1).

#857D75 color codes

HEX	`#857D75`
RGB	`rgb(133, 125, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.2%, 49%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(30, 6%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(30, 12%, 52%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 6%, 12%, 48%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.88, 1.56, 5.45)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.88, 5.67, 74)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.217, 20.938, 19.803)`
Decimal	`8748405`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #857D75, 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 #857D75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.19:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.05:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#857D75 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.05:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.19:1	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 #857D75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #857d75; }
.text { color: #857d75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #857d75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(133 125 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #857d75, #858575); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Battleship Gray.

Questions

What color is #857D75?: #857D75 is a gray, closest to the named color Gotham. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #857D75?: The RGB value is 133, 125, 117: 133 red, 125 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #857D75?: The complementary color is #757D85, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #857D75?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.19:1 and white text 4.05:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.