What is hex #97807F color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 59% red, 50% green and 50% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (151,128,127).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 15%, 16%, 41%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #97807F features a hue of 2°, 16% saturation, and a brightness value of 59%.

Hex #97807F Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #97807F
RGB Values (151,128,127)
CMYK Values (0%, 15%, 16%, 41%)
HSV/HSB Values (2°, 16%, 59%)
Closest Web Safe
#999966
Inverse Color
#687F80
Closest Pantone®
Warm Gray 7 C
Closest RAL
RAL 9007 [Grey aluminium]
Complementary Color
#7F9697

#97807F Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#878787
Lightness (Desaturation)
#8B8B8B
Weighted (BT601)
#878787
Luma (BT709)
#858585

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #97807F complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #97807F

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #97807F.

Contrast Ratio: 3.68:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #97807F

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #97807F.

Contrast Ratio: 5.71:1
AA Pass AAA Fail

Hex #97807F Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #97807F is #7F9697. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #97807F you will find #7F9697. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#97807F #7F9697

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #97807F is composed with colors #977F8A and #978C7F. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #97807F with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#977F8A #97807F #978C7F

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #97807F is composed with colors #7F8A97 and #7F978C. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#97807F #7F8A97 #7F978C

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #97807F is composed with colors #807F97 and #7F9780. They are located to the right and left of your main color #97807F with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#97807F #807F97 #7F9780

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #97807F is composed with colors #7F9780, #7F9697 and #977F96 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#97807F #7F9780 #7F9697 #977F96

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #97807F is composed with colors #8A977F, #7F9697 and #8C7F97 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#97807F #8A977F #7F9697 #8C7F97

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #97807F

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #97807F.

#97807F #A08B8A #A99695 #B2A1A0 #BBACAC #C4B7B7 #CDC3C2 #D7CECD

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#97807F #8B8A8A #8B8B8B

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#97807F #8D7473 #826B6A #776261 #6C5858 #614F4E #554645 #4A3D3C

Hex #97807F in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #97807F
Java new Color(151,128,127);
Python Color(#97807F)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 151,128,127);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.59, green: 0.5, blue: 0.5, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(151, 128, 127)