What color is #868B80?

#868B80 is a gray, closest to the named color Mummy’s Tomb. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #868B80?

The RGB value is 134, 139, 128: 134 red, 139 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #868B80?

The complementary color is #85808B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #868B80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.02:1 and white text 3.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#868B80 color

#868B80 rgb(134, 139, 128)

Shades of gray

The hex color #868B80 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.5% red, 54.5% green and 50.2% blue (134, 139, 128).

Its hue angle is 87°, with 5% saturation and 52% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 8% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Mummy’s Tomb (#828E84), a difference of 3.1 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.02:1).

#868B80 color codes

HEX	`#868B80`
RGB	`rgb(134, 139, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.5%, 54.5%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(87, 5%, 52%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(87, 8%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(4%, 0%, 8%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(57.16, -3.97, 5.25)`
CIE LCH	`lch(57.16, 6.58, 127.11)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(22.96, 25.092, 24.052)`
Decimal	`8817536`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #868B80, 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 #868B80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.02:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#868B80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.49:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.02:1	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 #868B80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #868b80; }
.text { color: #868b80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #868b80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(134 139 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #868b80, #818b80); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #868B80?: #868B80 is a gray, closest to the named color Mummy’s Tomb. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #868B80?: The RGB value is 134, 139, 128: 134 red, 139 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #868B80?: The complementary color is #85808B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #868B80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.02:1 and white text 3.49:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.