#808b8a

Color #808b8a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium cyan.

Closest named color Gray #808080 · ΔE 5.46 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#808b8a

RGB

rgb(128, 139, 138)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 4.5%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 7.9%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(56.97, -4.2, -0.84)

LCH

lch(56.97, 4.28, 191.31)

OKLCH

oklch(62.7%, 0.0129, 190.27)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 50.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b8081

Analogous

#808b85

#808b8a

#80878b

Triadic

#808b8a

#8a808b

#8b8a80

Split-complementary

#808b8a

#8b8087

#8b8580

Tetradic

#808b8a

#80818b

#8b8081

#8b8a80

Square

#808b8a

#85808b

#8b8081

#878b80

Shades

Color #808b8a mixed toward black.

#6a7473

#555d5c

#404645

#2b2f2e

#151717

Tints

Color #808b8a mixed toward white.

#959e9e

#aab2b1

#c0c5c5

#d5d8d8

#eaecec

Tones

Color #808b8a mixed toward gray.

#818a89

#828989

#838888

#848787

#858786

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#85858a · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#84838a · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#818a8a · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#898989 · ΔE 5.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #808b8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#808b8a]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#808b8a (#808b8a) is rgb(128, 139, 138) in RGB.

No, #808b8a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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