What color is #8C7B78?

#8C7B78 is a grayish red, closest to the named color Hurricane. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #8C7B78?

The RGB value is 140, 123, 120: 140 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #8C7B78?

The complementary color is #78898C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #8C7B78?

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.

#8C7B78 color

#8C7B78 rgb(140, 123, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #8C7B78 is a grayish red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 54.9% red, 48.2% green and 47.1% blue (140, 123, 120).

Its hue angle is 9°, with 8% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 14% yellow and 45% black.

The closest named color is Hurricane (#8B7E77), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

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

#8C7B78 color codes

HEX	`#8C7B78`
RGB	`rgb(140, 123, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(54.9%, 48.2%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(9, 8%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(9, 14%, 55%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 12%, 14%, 45%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.06, 5.99, 4.03)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.06, 7.22, 33.94)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(21.288, 21.098, 20.717)`
Decimal	`9206648`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #8C7B78, 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 #8C7B78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.22:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#8C7B78 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 #8C7B78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #8c7b78; }
.text { color: #8c7b78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c7b78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(140 123 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #8c7b78, #8c8578); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mocha.

Questions

What color is #8C7B78?: #8C7B78 is a grayish red, closest to the named color Hurricane. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #8C7B78?: The RGB value is 140, 123, 120: 140 red, 123 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #8C7B78?: The complementary color is #78898C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #8C7B78?: 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.