#8A868E#8A868E

#8A868E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.013 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A868E
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 6%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 3.07, -3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 4.85, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.0079 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.013 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8880, 24.4065, 29.0384)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A868E #8A8E86

analogous

#86868E #8A868E #8E868E

triadic

#8A868E #8E8A86 #868E8A

tetradic

#8A868E #8E8686 #8A8E86 #868E8E

square

#8A868E #8E8686 #8A8E86 #868E8E

split-complementary

#8A868E #8E8E86 #868E86

monochromatic

#4D4A4F #6B686F #8A868E #A9A6AC #C7C5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A868E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8A868E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A868E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A868E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A868E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a868e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.013 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9af',
    500: '#8a868e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a868e;
$custom-light: #aca9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a868e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 3.419,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62608,
    "c": 0.0127,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A868E

secondary

#B8BAB6

accent

#AD7B94

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A868E

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

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