#808397
Slate Gray · medium cool gray
About #808397
#808397 is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 50% red, 51% green and 59% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 41% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Slate Gray (ΔE 5.8); Taupe comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #979480 — a mushroom tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use medium tones like #808397 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put black text on top of it — 5.61:1, a WCAG AA pass.
Colour codes
| HEX | |
|---|---|
| RGB | |
| HSL | |
| HSV / HSB | |
| CMYK | |
| CIELAB | |
| Decimal | |
| CSS |
Closest named colours
ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #808397
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #808397 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
Shades, tints & matching colours
Similar colours
Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #808397?
#808397 is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 50% red, 51% green and 59% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 15% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 41% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #808397?
Use black text. Black on #808397 has a contrast ratio of 5.61:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #808397?
Its complementary colour is #979480, and analogous partners are #808F97 and #898097.