What color is #9E7F82?

#9E7F82 is a grayish red, closest to the named color Opium. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #9E7F82?

The RGB value is 158, 127, 130: 158 red, 127 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #9E7F82?

The complementary color is #7F9E9B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #9E7F82?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.81:1 and white text 3.61:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#9E7F82 color

#9E7F82 rgb(158, 127, 130)

Shades of gray

The hex color #9E7F82 is a grayish red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 62% red, 49.8% green and 51% blue (158, 127, 130).

Its hue angle is 354°, with 14% saturation and 56% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 18% yellow and 38% black.

The closest named color is Opium (#987E7E), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.81:1).

#9E7F82 color codes

HEX	`#9E7F82`
RGB	`rgb(158, 127, 130)`
RGB percent	`rgb(62%, 49.8%, 51%)`
HSL	`hsl(354, 14%, 56%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(354, 20%, 62%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 20%, 18%, 38%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(56.15, 12.42, 2.91)`
CIE LCH	`lch(56.15, 12.75, 13.17)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(25.719, 24.06, 24.404)`
Decimal	`10387330`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #9E7F82, 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 #9E7F82	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.81:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.61:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#9E7F82 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.61:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.81:1	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 #9E7F82 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #9e7f82; }
.text { color: #9e7f82; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e7f82; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(158 127 130 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #9e7f82, #9e8c7f); }

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Questions

What color is #9E7F82?: #9E7F82 is a grayish red, closest to the named color Opium. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #9E7F82?: The RGB value is 158, 127, 130: 158 red, 127 green and 130 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #9E7F82?: The complementary color is #7F9E9B, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #9E7F82?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.81:1 and white text 3.61:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.