Right here, in it's full beauty:

Hex #868686

#868686 is a great light red shade for your next project. Scroll down for #868686 color information, color shades and color usage information.

Save this color

Create account or Log in to save color schemes.
It's completely free.

#868686 Conversion table

Category	red (light red)
HEX	#868686 copy to clipboard
RGB	R 134 G 134 B 134 RGB (134, 134, 134) copy to clipboard
HSL	H 0 S 0 L 0.53
CMYK	C 0% M 0% Y 0% K 47%
Usage of red	The color #868686 is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

More about this color

» Color Shades and Tints
» Color Usage Recommendations
» Complementary color
» Download Color Card

#868686 Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#868686 to RGB conversion

Red	134	134% RED
Green	134	134% GREEN
Blue	134	134% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(134, 134, 134); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(134, 134, 134); // for css background-color

More about converting hex to rgb

#868686 to CMYK conversion

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
0 %	0 %	0 %	47.45 %

#868686 to HSL conversion

Hue	Saturation	Lightness
0	0	0.53

CSS code: color: hsl(0, 0%, 53%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #868686

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color:	recommended
Usage for buttons:	watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #868686

Tints and Shades of #868686

Tints of #868686		Shades of #868686
	The actual color		The actual color
	5% lighter		5% darker
	10% lighter		10% darker
	15% lighter		15% darker

Color Examples: This is a red Heading in #868686

This shows how text with the hex-color #868686 would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

Example Inverse Outlined

Example

Be picky and fine tune your color: colors very near to #868686

#868686

Red Color Scheme based on #868686

Primary
#868686 (already open)

Secondary
#868686

Tertiary
#c5c5c5

Your Color #868686 (already open)

Complementary Color: #868686

Click to go to Complementary Color

Explore more color schemes with our free color scheme generator.

Red Webdesign Color Scheme based on #868686

This Color Scheme Generator is an algorithm written by colorbook.io in cooperation with professional webdesigners. It takes one color as input and tries to find the best co-colors to be used in a modern web design as a color scheme. Open the generator here: Color Scheme Generator.