#808A8E#808A8E

#808A8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808A8E
RGB	rgb(128, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -2.80, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 4.39, 230.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0095 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8720, 24.7188, 29.1521)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808A8E #8E8480

analogous

#808E8B #808A8E #80838E

triadic

#808A8E #8E808A #8A8E80

tetradic

#808A8E #8B808E #8E8480 #838E80

square

#808A8E #8B808E #8E8480 #838E80

split-complementary

#808A8E #8E8083 #8E8B80

monochromatic

#454C4E #626B6E #808A8E #A0A8AB #C1C6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#808A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#808A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808A8E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808A8E	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4acaf',
    500: '#808a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808a8e;
$custom-light: #a4acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62651,
    "c": 0.01319,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808A8E

secondary

#B8B4B2

accent

#8879AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808A8E

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

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