#868C8A#868C8A

#868C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.008 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#868C8A
RGB	rgb(134, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 4%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -2.59, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 2.61, 173.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0076 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.008 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7962, 25.6593, 27.7389)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#868C8A #8C8688

analogous

#868C87 #868C8A #868B8C

triadic

#868C8A #8A868C #8C8A86

tetradic

#868C8A #87868C #8C8688 #8B8C86

square

#868C8A #87868C #8C8688 #8B8C86

split-complementary

#868C8A #8C868B #8C8786

monochromatic

#4A4E4C #686D6B #868C8A #A5AAA8 #C5C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#868C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#868C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #868C8A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##868C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##868C8A	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #868c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.008 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9adac',
    500: '#868c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #868c8a;
$custom-light: #a9adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#868c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 2.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63448,
    "c": 0.00763,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#868C8A

secondary

#B8B6B6

accent

#7C8CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #868C8A

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

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