Colour

#83868E

#83868E
Grey
Dark
Nearest: Gray

#83868E is a grey with RGB values 131, 134, 142 and HSL 224°, 5%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gray.

Colour values

#83868E#83868E

HEX#83868E

RGBrgb(131, 134, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.5137, 0.5255, 0.5569

RGB percentages51.4%, 52.5%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(223.6, 4.6%, 53.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 7.7%, 55.7%)

CMYK7.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,619,662

CSS custom property--colour: #83868E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness134.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.77:1

Contrast with white3.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#868686

Inverted#7C7971

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#84868Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#83868Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#818788no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.64:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gray · ΔE 5.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 7 Slate grey · ΔE 7.2 Dim grey · ΔE 12.4 Dark grey · ΔE 14.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourGray (#808080)ΔE 5.24, clearly different but related

Hue familygrey

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#8E8B83

Analogous#838C8E, #85838E

Triadic#8E8386, #868E83

Split complementary#8E8583, #8C8E83

Tetradic#8E838C, #8E8B83, #838E85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EEEEEF

Lighter +30%#D3D4D7

Lighter +20%#B8BABF

Lighter +10%#9EA0A6

Darker −10%#6A6D74

Darker −20%#525459

Darker −30%#393B3F

Darker −40%#212224

More saturated +25%#6579AC

Less saturated −25%#898989

Channel breakdown

R131

G134

B142

Red131 (51.4%)

Green134 (52.5%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue223.64°

Saturation (HSL)4.64%

Lightness53.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 83 · G 86 · B 8E

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Colour values

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