#808080 · Gray
Click to copy#808080 is a medium, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Gray and near Warm Gray and Slate. In OKLCH it has 60% lightness and 0.00 chroma at hue 0°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #808080 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome.
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HEX
#808080RGB
rgb(128, 128, 128)HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 50%)CMYK
0, 0, 0, 50CSS var
--grayContrast
3.95:1 white · 5.32:1 blackSimilar named colors
How to use #808080
Black text passes WCAG AA on #808080 (5.32:1); white text does not (3.95:1).
For a calm scheme pair #808080 with its analogous neighbors #808080 and #808080; for contrast use its complement #808080 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.
--gray: #808080;
$gray: #808080;
colors: { 'gray': '#808080' }