#808A8A#808A8A

#808A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.012 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808A8A
RGB	rgb(128, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -3.64, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 3.85, 199.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0112 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.012 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5770, 24.6009, 27.5988)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808A8A #8A8080

analogous

#808A85 #808A8A #80858A

triadic

#808A8A #8A808A #8A8A80

tetradic

#808A8A #85808A #8A8080 #858A80

square

#808A8A #85808A #8A8080 #858A80

split-complementary

#808A8A #8A8085 #8A8580

monochromatic

#454B4B #626B6B #808A8A #A0A7A7 #C0C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#808A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#808A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808A8A

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808A8A	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.012 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4acac',
    500: '#808a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808a8a;
$custom-light: #a4acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62521,
    "c": 0.01172,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808A8A

secondary

#B5B1B1

accent

#7B7BAD

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808A8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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