#83808E#83808E

#83808E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.021 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#83808E
RGB	rgb(131, 128, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 3.98, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 8.17, 299.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.0092 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.021 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9608, 22.2166, 28.7172)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#83808E #8B8E80

analogous

#80848E #83808E #8A808E

triadic

#83808E #8E8380 #808E83

tetradic

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

square

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

split-complementary

#83808E #8E8A80 #848E80

monochromatic

#47454E #65626E #83808E #A3A0AB #C2C1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#83808E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#83808E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #83808E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##83808E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##83808E	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D828F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E828E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #83808e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 128, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.021 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7a4af',
    500: '#83808e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #83808e;
$custom-light: #a7a4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#83808e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60714,
    "c": 0.02121,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#83808E

secondary

#B7B8B2

accent

#AF79A3

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F0F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #83808E

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

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