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#837E80

#837e80 ≈ Taupe Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#837e80 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, 49.41% green and 50.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.82% magenta, 2.29% yellow and 48.63% black. Its hue angle is 336°, with 1.98% saturation and 50.39% 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 5.26:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Taupe Gray (#8b8589), ΔE 3.01.

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Web safe#996699
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Relative luminance0.2131

Complementary

  1. #837e80
  2. #7e8381

Split complementary

  1. #837e80
  2. #7e837e
  3. #7e8283

Analogous

  1. #837e82
  2. #837e80
  3. #837e7e

Triadic

  1. #837e80
  2. #80837e
  3. #7e8083

Tetradic

  1. #837e80
  2. #83817e
  3. #7e8381
  4. #7e8083

Square

  1. #837e80
  2. #82837e
  3. #7e8381
  4. #7e7e83

Monochromatic

  1. #353334
  2. #5c585a
  3. #837e80
  4. #a8a5a6
  5. #cecccd

Shades

#837e80 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #837e80
  2. #767173
  3. #696566
  4. #5c585a
  5. #4f4c4d
  6. #423f40
  7. #343233
  8. #272626
  9. #1a191a
  10. #0d0d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#837e80 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #837e80
  2. #8f8b8d
  3. #9c9899
  4. #a8a5a6
  5. #b5b2b3
  6. #c1bfc0
  7. #cdcbcc
  8. #dad8d9
  9. #e6e5e6
  10. #f3f2f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#837e80 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #837e80
  2. #837e80
  3. #827e80
  4. #827f80
  5. #827f80
  6. #827f80
  7. #817f80
  8. #817f80
  9. #818080
  10. #808080
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #817f80 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e7f80 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f8080 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #847e7f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #807e80 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #817f80 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #847e7f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-837e80 {
  color: #837e80;
}
Background
.bg-837e80 {
  background-color: #837e80;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-837e80 {
  border: 2px solid #837e80;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #837e80;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 126 128;
  --color-primary-hsl: 336 2% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-837e80 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #837e80, #837e7e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-837e80 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 126 128 / 0.35);
}

#8b8589 Taupe Gray ΔE 3.01 #808080 Gray ΔE 3.20 #808080 Grey ΔE 3.20 #848482 Battleship Gray ΔE 4.45 #696969 Dim Gray ΔE 9.39 #696969 Dim Grey ΔE 9.39 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 10.64 #7c817f Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Taupe Gray
#837e80  rgb(131, 126, 128)  hsl(336, 2%, 50%)  Taupe Gray
#7e8381  rgb(126, 131, 129)  hsl(156, 2%, 50%)  Battleship Gray
#80837e  rgb(128, 131, 126)  hsl(96, 2%, 50%)  Battleship Gray
#7e8083  rgb(126, 128, 131)  hsl(216, 2%, 50%)  Gray