#808B8A#808B8A

#808B8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.013 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808B8A
RGB	rgb(128, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(175, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 8%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -4.20, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 4.28, 191.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0127 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.013 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7212, 24.8891, 27.6469)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808B8A #8B8081

analogous

#808B85 #808B8A #80878B

triadic

#808B8A #8A808B #8B8A80

tetradic

#808B8A #85808B #8B8081 #878B80

square

#808B8A #85808B #8B8081 #878B80

split-complementary

#808B8A #8B8087 #8B8580

monochromatic

#454C4B #626C6B #808B8A #A0A8A7 #C0C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#808B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#808B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808B8A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808B8A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.013 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4acac',
    500: '#808b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808b8a;
$custom-light: #a4acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 4.527,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62744,
    "c": 0.01294,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808B8A

secondary

#B6B1B1

accent

#7A7FAE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808B8A

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

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