#8A868C#8A868C

#8A868C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.010 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A868C
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 140)
HSL	hsl(280, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 4%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 2.67, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 3.78, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.0071 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.01 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7392, 24.3470, 28.2547)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A868C #888C86

analogous

#87868C #8A868C #8C868B

triadic

#8A868C #8C8A86 #868C8A

tetradic

#8A868C #8C8786 #888C86 #868B8C

square

#8A868C #8C8786 #888C86 #868B8C

split-complementary

#8A868C #8B8C86 #868C87

monochromatic

#4C4A4E #6B686D #8A868C #A8A5AA #C7C5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A868C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A868C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A868C

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A868C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A868C	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a868c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.010 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9ad',
    500: '#8a868c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a868c;
$custom-light: #aca9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a868c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62542,
    "c": 0.01001,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A868C

secondary

#B6B8B6

accent

#AC7C8C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A868C

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

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