#83758A

A medium, muted neutral closely aligning with Slategray.

About #83758A

Visually, #83758A is defined as a muted neutral. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Slategray. In the RGB color space, it consists of 131 red, 117 green, and 138 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 5% cyan and 15% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#83758A
RGB131, 117, 138
HSL280.0°, 8.2%, 50.0%
CMYK5%, 15%, 0%, 46%
HSV280.0°, 15.2%, 54.1%
LAB51.1, 9.6, -9.5
XYZ20.3, 19.4, 26.7
Decimal8615306

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.31:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.88:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.12:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.15:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #83758A; }
.text-color { color: #83758A; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #83758A; }

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