#868E8A#868E8A

#868E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.011 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#868E8A
RGB	rgb(134, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(150, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(150, 6%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -3.71, 1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 3.88, 163.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0106 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.011 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0911, 26.2491, 27.8372)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#868E8A #8E868A

analogous

#868E86 #868E8A #868E8E

triadic

#868E8A #8A868E #8E8A86

tetradic

#868E8A #86868E #8E868A #8E8E86

square

#868E8A #86868E #8E868A #8E8E86

split-complementary

#868E8A #8E868E #8E8686

monochromatic

#4A4F4D #686F6B #868E8A #A6ACA9 #C5C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#868E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#868E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #868E8A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##868E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##868E8A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #868e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(134, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.011 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9afac',
    500: '#868e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #868e8a;
$custom-light: #a9afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#868e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 134,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 3.419,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6389,
    "c": 0.01102,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#868E8A

secondary

#BAB6B8

accent

#7B94AD

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #868E8A

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

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