#8A8686#8A8686

#8A8686 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8686
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 1.49, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 1.58, 19.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0046 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3088, 24.1748, 25.9879)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8686 #868A8A

analogous

#8A8688 #8A8686 #8A8886

triadic

#8A8686 #868A86 #86868A

tetradic

#8A8686 #888A86 #868A8A #88868A

square

#8A8686 #888A86 #868A8A #88868A

split-complementary

#8A8686 #868A88 #86888A

monochromatic

#4C4A4A #6B6868 #8A8686 #A8A5A5 #C6C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8A8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8686

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8686	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)

#878686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9a9',
    500: '#8a8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8686;
$custom-light: #aca9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.681,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62352,
    "c": 0.0048,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8686

secondary

#B5B7B7

accent

#ABAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8686

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

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