#808D8A#808D8A

#808D8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.016 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808D8A
RGB	rgb(128, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 9%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -5.32, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 5.32, 180.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0157 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.016 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0134, 25.4736, 27.7443)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808D8A #8D8083

analogous

#808D83 #808D8A #80898D

triadic

#808D8A #8A808D #8D8A80

tetradic

#808D8A #83808D #8D8083 #898D80

square

#808D8A #83808D #8D8083 #898D80

split-complementary

#808D8A #8D8089 #8D8380

monochromatic

#454D4B #626E6B #808D8A #A0AAA8 #C1C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#808D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#808D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808D8A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808D8A	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.016 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4aeac',
    500: '#808d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808d8a;
$custom-light: #a4aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 5.394,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63192,
    "c": 0.01574,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808D8A

secondary

#B7B2B3

accent

#7986AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808D8A

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

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