#88868C#88868C

#88868C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#88868C
RGB	rgb(136, 134, 140)
HSL	hsl(260, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(260, 4%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 1.93, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 3.53, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0048 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4112, 24.1779, 28.2393)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#88868C #8A8C86

analogous

#86878C #88868C #8B868C

triadic

#88868C #8C8886 #868C88

tetradic

#88868C #8C8687 #8A8C86 #868C8B

square

#88868C #8C8687 #8A8C86 #868C8B

split-complementary

#88868C #8C8B86 #878C86

monochromatic

#4B4A4E #69686D #88868C #A7A5AA #C6C5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#88868C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#88868C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #88868C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##88868C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##88868C	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #88868c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 134, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa9ad',
    500: '#88868c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #88868c;
$custom-light: #aaa9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#88868c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 2.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6237,
    "c": 0.00917,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#88868C

secondary

#B7B8B6

accent

#AC7C9C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #88868C

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

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