#808CA0#808CA0

#808CA0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.033 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808CA0
RGB	rgb(128, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(218, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 20%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 0.10, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 12.04, 270.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0054 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.033 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6237, 25.8829, 36.9494)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808CA0 #A09480

analogous

#809CA0 #808CA0 #8480A0

triadic

#808CA0 #A0808C #8CA080

tetradic

#808CA0 #A0809C #A09480 #80A084

square

#808CA0 #A0809C #A09480 #80A084

split-complementary

#808CA0 #A08480 #9CA080

monochromatic

#47505F #616D82 #808CA0 #A3ACBA #C6CBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#808CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#808CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808CA0

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808CA0	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#789092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.033 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5adbc',
    500: '#808ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808ca0;
$custom-light: #a5adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 14.414,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63723,
    "c": 0.03316,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808CA0

secondary

#C4C0B7

accent

#9D71B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #808CA0

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

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