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#837D85

#837d85 ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#837d85 is a color from the gray family, with medium lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 49.02% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.5% cyan, 6.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black. Its hue angle is 285°, with 3.17% saturation and 50.59% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.24:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 3.54.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2119

Complementary

  1. #837d85
  2. #7f857d

Split complementary

  1. #837d85
  2. #83857d
  3. #7d857f

Analogous

  1. #7f7d85
  2. #837d85
  3. #857d83

Triadic

  1. #837d85
  2. #85837d
  3. #7d8583

Tetradic

  1. #837d85
  2. #857d7f
  3. #7f857d
  4. #7d8583

Square

  1. #837d85
  2. #857f7d
  3. #7f857d
  4. #7d8385

Monochromatic

  1. #353336
  2. #5c585e
  3. #837d85
  4. #a9a4aa
  5. #cecccf

Shades

#837d85 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #837d85
  2. #767178
  3. #69646a
  4. #5c585d
  5. #4f4b50
  6. #423f43
  7. #343235
  8. #272628
  9. #1a191b
  10. #0d0d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#837d85 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #837d85
  2. #8f8a91
  3. #9c979d
  4. #a8a4aa
  5. #b5b1b6
  6. #c1bec2
  7. #cdcbce
  8. #dad8da
  9. #e6e5e7
  10. #f3f2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#837d85 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #837d85
  2. #837d85
  3. #827e84
  4. #827e84
  5. #827e83
  6. #827f83
  7. #817f82
  8. #817f82
  9. #817f81
  10. #808081
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #817e81 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c7f85 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d7f85 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #837e80 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f7e85 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #807e85 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #837d82 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-837d85 {
  color: #837d85;
}
Background
.bg-837d85 {
  background-color: #837d85;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-837d85 {
  border: 2px solid #837d85;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #837d85;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 125 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 285 3% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-837d85 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #837d85, #857d83);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-837d85 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 125 133 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 3.54 #808080 Gray ΔE 5.88 #808080 Grey ΔE 5.88 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 7.35 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 9.42 #997a8d Mountbatten Pink ΔE 10.44 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 10.49 #7c827a Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#837d85  rgb(131, 125, 133)  hsl(285, 3%, 51%)  Taupe Gray
#7f857d  rgb(127, 133, 125)  hsl(105, 3%, 51%)  Battleship Gray
#85837d  rgb(133, 131, 125)  hsl(45, 3%, 51%)  Battleship Gray
#7d8583  rgb(125, 133, 131)  hsl(165, 3%, 51%)  Battleship Gray