#808C8A#808C8A

#808C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.014 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808C8A
RGB	rgb(128, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 9%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -4.76, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 4.78, 185.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0142 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.014 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8666, 25.1800, 27.6953)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808C8A #8C8082

analogous

#808C84 #808C8A #80888C

triadic

#808C8A #8A808C #8C8A80

tetradic

#808C8A #84808C #8C8082 #888C80

square

#808C8A #84808C #8C8082 #888C80

split-complementary

#808C8A #8C8088 #8C8480

monochromatic

#454C4B #626D6B #808C8A #A0A9A8 #C0C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#808C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#808C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808C8A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808C8A	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.014 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4adac',
    500: '#808c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808c8a;
$custom-light: #a4adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 4.959,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62968,
    "c": 0.01429,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808C8A

secondary

#B7B1B2

accent

#7A82AE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808C8A

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

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