#808299

Color #808299

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 6.7 Nearest Tailwind class gray-500 #6a7282 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#808299

RGB

rgb(128, 130, 153)

HSL

hsl(235.2, 10.9%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.2, 16.3%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 15%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(54.92, 4.22, -12.54)

LCH

lch(54.92, 13.23, 288.6)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0347, 281.47)

HWB

hwb(235.2, 50.2%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#999780

Analogous

#808f99

#808299

#8b8099

Triadic

#808299

#998082

#829980

Split-complementary

#808299

#998b80

#8f9980

Tetradic

#808299

#978099

#999780

#829980

Square

#808299

#99808f

#999780

#80998b

Shades

Color #808299 mixed toward black.

#686a82

#535568

#3f404e

#2a2b34

#15151a

Tints

Color #808299 mixed toward white.

#9597aa

#aaacbb

#c0c1cc

#d5d5dd

#eaeaee

Tones

Color #808299 mixed toward gray.

#828497

#848695

#868793

#888991

#8a8b8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#818194 · ΔE 1.7

Deuteranopia

#818193 · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#80908f · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 10.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #808299;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#808299]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#808299 (#808299) is rgb(128, 130, 153) in RGB.

No, #808299 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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