#808E8E#808E8E

#808E8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.016 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808E8E
RGB	rgb(128, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -5.04, -1.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 5.33, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0155 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.016 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4565, 25.8878, 29.3470)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808E8E #8E8080

analogous

#808E87 #808E8E #80878E

triadic

#808E8E #8E808E #8E8E80

tetradic

#808E8E #87808E #8E8080 #878E80

square

#808E8E #87808E #8E8080 #878E80

split-complementary

#808E8E #8E8087 #8E8780

monochromatic

#454E4E #626E6E #808E8E #A0ABAB #C1C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#808E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#808E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808E8E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808E8E	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)

#8C8C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.016 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5afaf',
    500: '#808e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808e8e;
$custom-light: #a5afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63543,
    "c": 0.01623,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808E8E

secondary

#B8B2B2

accent

#7979AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #808E8E

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

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