#808E89#808E89

#808E89 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.018 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808E89
RGB	rgb(128, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(159, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -6.08, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 6.15, 171.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0177 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.018 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0895, 25.7410, 27.4141)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808E89 #8E8085

analogous

#808E82 #808E89 #808C8E

triadic

#808E89 #89808E #8E8980

tetradic

#808E89 #82808E #8E8085 #8C8E80

square

#808E89 #82808E #8E8085 #8C8E80

split-complementary

#808E89 #8E808C #8E8280

monochromatic

#454E4B #626E6A #808E89 #A0ABA7 #C1C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#808E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#808E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808E89

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808E89	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.018 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4afab',
    500: '#808e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808e89;
$custom-light: #a4afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63386,
    "c": 0.01782,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808E89

secondary

#B8B2B4

accent

#798CAF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808E89

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

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