#808E9E#808E9E

#808E9E is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.029 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#808E9E
RGB	rgb(128, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(212, 13%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 19%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -1.50, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 10.27, 261.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0091 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.029 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7451, 26.4032, 36.1337)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#808E9E #9E9080

analogous

#809D9E #808E9E #81809E

triadic

#808E9E #9E808E #8E9E80

tetradic

#808E9E #9E809D #9E9080 #809E81

square

#808E9E #9E809D #9E9080 #809E81

split-complementary

#808E9E #9E8180 #9D9E80

monochromatic

#47515D #616F7F #808E9E #A3ADB9 #C5CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#808E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#808E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #808E9E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##808E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##808E9E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#789293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #808e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(128, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.029 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5afba',
    500: '#808e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #808e9e;
$custom-light: #a5afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#808e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 128,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 13.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64088,
    "c": 0.029,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#808E9E

secondary

#C3BDB7

accent

#9672B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #808E9E

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

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