ColorXprez

#80948C

Gray · medium cool gray

About #80948C

#80948C is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 50% red, 58% green and 55% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 42% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Gray (ΔE 10.8); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #948088 — a taupe tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #80948C for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Black text reads best on it at 6.53:1 (a WCAG AA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red128
Green148
Blue140

Closest named colours

Gray
#808080 · ΔE 10.8
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 11.1
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 11.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #80948C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on gray #80948C.
3.21:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on gray #80948C.
6.53:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #80948C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#80948C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#93918C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#8F8E8C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#7C9492

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #80948C?

#80948C is a muted, medium shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 50% red, 58% green and 55% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 42% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #80948C?

Use black text. Black on #80948C has a contrast ratio of 6.53:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #80948C?

Its complementary colour is #948088, and analogous partners are #809482 and #809294.