#8C8686#8C8686

#8C8686 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8686
RGB	rgb(140, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 2.24, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 2.38, 19.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0069 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6428, 24.3471, 26.0036)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8686 #868C8C

analogous

#8C8689 #8C8686 #8C8986

triadic

#8C8686 #868C86 #86868C

tetradic

#8C8686 #898C86 #868C8C #89868C

square

#8C8686 #898C86 #868C8C #89868C

split-complementary

#8C8686 #868C89 #86898C

monochromatic

#4E4A4A #6D6868 #8C8686 #AAA5A5 #C8C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8C8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8C8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8686

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8686	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)

#878786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada9a9',
    500: '#8c8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8686;
$custom-light: #ada9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62528,
    "c": 0.00722,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8686

secondary

#B6B8B8

accent

#ACAC7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8686

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

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