#808E8A#808E8A

#808E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.017 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808E8A
RGB	rgb(128, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -5.88, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 5.89, 176.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0172 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.017 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1615, 25.7698, 27.7936)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808E8A #8E8084

analogous

#808E83 #808E8A #808B8E

triadic

#808E8A #8A808E #8E8A80

tetradic

#808E8A #83808E #8E8084 #8B8E80

square

#808E8A #83808E #8E8084 #8B8E80

split-complementary

#808E8A #8E808B #8E8380

monochromatic

#454E4C #626E6B #808E8A #A0ABA8 #C1C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#808E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#808E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808E8A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808E8A	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.017 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5afac',
    500: '#808e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808e8a;
$custom-light: #a5afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63416,
    "c": 0.01727,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808E8A

secondary

#B8B2B4

accent

#7988AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808E8A

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

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