What color is #867A78?

#867A78 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Rock. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #867A78?

The RGB value is 134, 122, 120: 134 red, 122 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #867A78?

The complementary color is #788486, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #867A78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.07:1 and white text 4.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#867A78 color

#867A78 rgb(134, 122, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #867A78 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.5% red, 47.8% green and 47.1% blue (134, 122, 120).

Its hue angle is 9°, with 6% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 10% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Moon Rock (#897D76), a difference of 3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.07:1).

#867A78 color codes

HEX	`#867A78`
RGB	`rgb(134, 122, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.5%, 47.8%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(9, 6%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(9, 10%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 9%, 10%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.22, 4.22, 2.76)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.22, 5.04, 33.15)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.181, 20.344, 20.629)`
Decimal	`8813176`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #867A78, 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 #867A78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.07:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.14:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#867A78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.14:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.07:1	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 #867A78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #867a78; }
.text { color: #867a78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #867a78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(134 122 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #867a78, #868178); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #867A78?: #867A78 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Rock. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #867A78?: The RGB value is 134, 122, 120: 134 red, 122 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #867A78?: The complementary color is #788486, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #867A78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.07:1 and white text 4.14:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.