#868896#868896

#868896 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.021 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#868896
RGB	rgb(134, 136, 150)
HSL	hsl(233, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(233, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 2.17, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 8.01, 285.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0034 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.021 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1395, 24.8785, 32.3785)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#868896 #969486

analogous

#869096 #868896 #8C8696

triadic

#868896 #968688 #889686

tetradic

#868896 #968690 #969486 #86968C

square

#868896 #968690 #969486 #86968C

split-complementary

#868896 #968C86 #909686

monochromatic

#4B4D57 #686977 #868896 #A7A8B2 #C8C8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#868896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#868896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #868896

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##868896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##868896	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #868896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 136, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.021 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9aab4',
    500: '#868896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #868896;
$custom-light: #a9aab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#868896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62972,
    "c": 0.02101,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#868896

secondary

#BFBEB9

accent

#A978B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #868896

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

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