#8686A4#8686A4

#8686A4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.045 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8686A4
RGB	rgb(134, 134, 164)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 6.47, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 17.14, 292.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0116 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.045 285)
XYZ	xyz(25.0559, 24.7985, 38.5813)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8686A4 #A4A486

analogous

#8695A4 #8686A4 #9586A4

triadic

#8686A4 #A48686 #86A486

tetradic

#8686A4 #A48695 #A4A486 #86A495

square

#8686A4 #A48695 #A4A486 #86A495

split-complementary

#8686A4 #A49586 #95A486

monochromatic

#4B4B64 #666687 #8686A4 #A9A9BE #CCCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8686A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8686A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8686A4

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8686A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8686A4	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#808B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8686a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 134, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.045 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9a9bf',
    500: '#8686a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8686a4;
$custom-light: #a9a9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8686a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63066,
    "c": 0.04478,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.24799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8686A4

secondary

#C9C9BD

accent

#B771B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#100F12

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #8686A4

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

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