#868A8A

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(63% 0.005 197), rgb(134, 138, 138).

Black text reads best on this color (6.01:1).

About this color

#868A8A is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.005. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.026 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.01:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.005)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.01:1
White text	3.49:1

Values

HEX	#868A8A
RGB	rgb(134, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 53%)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.005 197)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #868A8A	3.49:1	AA large text	Lc -68.0	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #868A8A	6.01:1	AA	Lc 41.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#868A8A text on white	3.49:1	AA large text	Lc 62.5	Content text, not long reading
#868A8A text on black	6.01:1	AA	Lc -39.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F5

oklch(97% 0 0)
Step 100
100

#E9EAEA

oklch(93.6% 0.001 197.1)
Step 200
200

#D8D9D9

oklch(88.5% 0.001 197.1)
Step 300
300

#BFC1C1

oklch(80.9% 0.002 197.1)
Step 400
400

#9EA1A1

oklch(70.7% 0.003 197.1)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#868A8A

oklch(63% 0.005 197)
Step 600
600

#707474

oklch(55.6% 0.005 197)
Step 700
700

#5E6162

oklch(49% 0.004 219.6)
Step 800
800

#4D5050

oklch(42.9% 0.004 197)
Step 900
900

#404242

oklch(37.7% 0.003 197)
Step 950
950

#252727

oklch(27.1% 0.003 197)

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#868A8A with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#898A8A	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#89898A	0.005
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#858A8A	0.001
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.005

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #868A8A, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #868A8A in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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