#868596#868596

#868596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.025 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#868596
RGB	rgb(134, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(244, 7%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(244, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 3.89, -8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 9.75, 293.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.008 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.025 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7229, 24.0453, 32.2396)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#868596 #959685

analogous

#858C96 #868596 #8E8596

triadic

#868596 #968685 #859686

tetradic

#868596 #96858C #959685 #85968E

square

#868596 #96858C #959685 #85968E

split-complementary

#868596 #968E85 #8C9685

monochromatic

#4B4A56 #686777 #868596 #A7A6B2 #C7C7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#868596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#868596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #868596

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##868596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##868596	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #868596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.025 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9a8b4',
    500: '#868596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #868596;
$custom-light: #a9a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#868596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 7.489,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62327,
    "c": 0.02536,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#868596

secondary

#BFBFB8

accent

#B177AD

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#0F0F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #868596

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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