What color is #897B83?

#897B83 is a gray, closest to the named color Mighty Mauve. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #897B83?

The RGB value is 137, 123, 131: 137 red, 123 green and 131 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #897B83?

The complementary color is #7B8981, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #897B83?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 and white text 4.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#897B83 color

#897B83 rgb(137, 123, 131)

Shades of gray

The hex color #897B83 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 53.7% red, 48.2% green and 51.4% blue (137, 123, 131).

Its hue angle is 326°, with 6% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 4% yellow and 46% black.

The closest named color is Mighty Mauve (#8F7F85), a difference of 2 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.22:1).

#897B83 color codes

HEX	`#897B83`
RGB	`rgb(137, 123, 131)`
RGB percent	`rgb(53.7%, 48.2%, 51.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(326, 6%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(326, 10%, 54%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 10%, 4%, 46%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.08, 6.85, -2.39)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.08, 7.26, 340.77)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.496, 21.123, 24.413)`
Decimal	`9010051`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #897B83, 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 #897B83	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.22:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#897B83 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.22:1	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 #897B83 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #897b83; }
.text { color: #897b83; }
.border { border: 2px solid #897b83; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(137 123 131 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #897b83, #897b7c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Gray.

Questions

What color is #897B83?: #897B83 is a gray, closest to the named color Mighty Mauve. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #897B83?: The RGB value is 137, 123, 131: 137 red, 123 green and 131 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #897B83?: The complementary color is #7B8981, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #897B83?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 and white text 4.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.