All About Color Gray

#808080

The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in AD 700. Grey is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English, although gray remained in common usage in the UK until the second half of the 20th century.

About Gray

Gray is a medium gray color with the hex code #808080. In RGB it is red 128, green 128, blue 128; in HSL it is hue 0°, saturation 0%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 0%, 0%, 0%, 50%. Its contrast ratio is 3.95:1 on white and 5.32:1 on black.

#808080 Color Conversion

Hex triplet80, 80, 80
CMYK0.00%, 0.00%, 0.00%, 49.80%
RGB Decimal128, 128, 128
HSL0°, 0%, 50%
RGB Octal200, 200, 200
HSV (HSB)0.00°, 0.00%, 50.20%
RGB Binary10000000, 10000000, 10000000
CIE-L*AB53.59, 0.00, -0.01
RGB Percent50.20%, 50.20%, 50.20%
CIE-L*CH53.59, 0.01, 296.81
XYZ20.52, 21.59, 23.51
CIE-L*UV53.59, 0.01, 0.00
xyY0.31, 0.33, 21.59
Hunter-Lab46.46, -2.48, 2.52
RYB50.20%, 50.20%, 50.20%

Color Accessibility Scores

#808080 on a dark background: contrast 5.32:1, passes WCAG AA.
#808080 on a light background: contrast 3.95:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Gray, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Gray. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#808080 · #ADADAD · #525252 · #808080 · #ADADAD

Analogous palette

#808080 · #808080 · #808080 · #808080 · #808080

Triadic palette

#808080 · #808080 · #808080 · #ADADAD · #ADADAD

Tetradic palette

#808080 · #808080 · #808080 · #808080 · #525252

Monochromatic palette

#333333 · #595959 · #808080 · #A6A6A6 · #CCCCCC

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