What color is #877A75?

#877A75 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Rock. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #877A75?

The RGB value is 135, 122, 117: 135 red, 122 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #877A75?

The complementary color is #758287, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #877A75?

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.

#877A75 color

#877A75 rgb(135, 122, 117)

Shades of gray

The hex color #877A75 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 47.8% green and 45.9% blue (135, 122, 117).

Its hue angle is 17°, with 7% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 13% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Moon Rock (#897D76), a difference of 1.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

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

#877A75 color codes

HEX	`#877A75`
RGB	`rgb(135, 122, 117)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 47.8%, 45.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(17, 7%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(17, 13%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 10%, 13%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.24, 4.08, 4.54)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.24, 6.1, 48.11)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.162, 20.355, 19.693)`
Decimal	`8878709`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #877A75, 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 #877A75	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.07:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.14:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#877A75 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 #877A75 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #877a75; }
.text { color: #877a75; }
.border { border: 2px solid #877a75; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 122 117 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #877a75, #878375); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #877A75?: #877A75 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Rock. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #877A75?: The RGB value is 135, 122, 117: 135 red, 122 green and 117 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #877A75?: The complementary color is #758287, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #877A75?: 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.