#808C8E#808C8E

#808C8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.014 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808C8E
RGB	rgb(128, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -3.92, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 4.68, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0126 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.014 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1616, 25.2980, 29.2487)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808C8E #8E8280

analogous

#808E89 #808C8E #80858E

triadic

#808C8E #8E808C #8C8E80

tetradic

#808C8E #89808E #8E8280 #858E80

square

#808C8E #89808E #8E8280 #858E80

split-complementary

#808C8E #8E8085 #8E8980

monochromatic

#454D4E #626D6E #808C8E #A0A9AB #C1C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#808C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#808C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808C8E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808C8E	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.014 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5adaf',
    500: '#808c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808c8e;
$custom-light: #a5adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63096,
    "c": 0.01433,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808C8E

secondary

#B8B3B2

accent

#8179AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808C8E

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

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