What color is #807D80?

#807D80 is a gray, closest to the named color Lunar Outpost. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #807D80?

The RGB value is 128, 125, 128: 128 red, 125 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #807D80?

The complementary color is #7D807D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #807D80?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 and white text 4.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#807D80 color

#807D80 rgb(128, 125, 128)

Shades of gray

The hex color #807D80 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 50.2% red, 49% green and 50.2% blue (128, 125, 128).

Its hue angle is 300°, with 1% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 50% black.

The closest named color is Lunar Outpost (#828287), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.16:1).

#807D80 color codes

HEX	`#807D80`
RGB	`rgb(128, 125, 128)`
RGB percent	`rgb(50.2%, 49%, 50.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(300, 1%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(300, 2%, 50%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 2%, 0%, 50%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.75, 1.72, -1.23)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.75, 2.12, 324.57)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.131, 20.815, 23.375)`
Decimal	`8420736`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #807D80, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #807D80	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.16:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#807D80 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.07:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.16:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #807D80 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #807d80; }
.text { color: #807d80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #807d80; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(128 125 128 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #807d80, #807d7f); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #807D80?: #807D80 is a gray, closest to the named color Lunar Outpost. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #807D80?: The RGB value is 128, 125, 128: 128 red, 125 green and 128 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #807D80?: The complementary color is #7D807D, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #807D80?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 and white text 4.07:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.