Information about #837A79 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#837A79 falls into the Red Color Family — Desaturated, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(131, 122, 121) — 51.4% red, 47.8% green, 47.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 4 / 4 / 49. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #837A79 reads as a muted, almost neutral neutral grey and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Granite (#837E7C). Slightly further away sit Concord (#827F79) and Eighth Felix (#897C79).

The recipe behind #837A79 is rgb(131, 122, 121), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #837A79: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. No one has named #837A79 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#837A79 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#837A79 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#837A79 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#837A79 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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#807B7A

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Grey

#808080

#837A79 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#837A79 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#787C82
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#82787C
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#788279
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#797882
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#818278
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#7E7882
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Nearest named colors to #837A79

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Granite color link
Granite

#837E7C

Concord color link
Concord

#827F79

Eighth Felix color link
Eighth Felix

#897C79

Silver Lining color link
Silver Lining

#7F7F7D

Industrial Silver color link
Industrial Silver

#7C7D79

Stonehenge color link
Stonehenge

#827A71

Medium Grey color link
Medium Grey

#7D7F7C

Cobblestone color link
Cobblestone

#807F73

Portland color link
Portland

#847E71

Hurricane color link
Hurricane

#8B7E77

Meridian color link
Meridian

#7C7E7E

Friar Grey color link
Friar Grey

#86837A

#837A79 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#837A79
  • RGB131, 122, 121
  • CMYK0, 4, 4, 49
  • CSSrgb(131, 122, 121)
  • HSL6°, 4%, 49%
  • HSL Precise6°, 3.968%, 49.412%
  • HSV6°, 8%, 51%
  • HSB6°, 8%, 51%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.514
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.478
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • GLSLvec3(0.514, 0.478, 0.475)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.514, 0.478, 0.475, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.514, 0.478, 0.475)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB51.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB47.5%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID837A79
  • DECIMAL ID8616569
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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