#A3ABA3#A3ABA3

#A3ABA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.014 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ABA3
RGB	rgb(163, 171, 163)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -4.35, 3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 5.36, 144.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0119 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.014 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2768, 39.5565, 40.3672)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ABA3 #ABA3AB

analogous

#A7ABA3 #A3ABA3 #A3ABA7

triadic

#A3ABA3 #A3A3AB #ABA3A3

tetradic

#A3ABA3 #A3A7AB #ABA3AB #ABA7A3

square

#A3ABA3 #A3A7AB #ABA3AB #ABA7A3

split-complementary

#A3ABA3 #A7A3AB #ABA3A7

monochromatic

#656F65 #838E83 #A3ABA3 #C3C8C3 #E3E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A3ABA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A3ABA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ABA3

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ABA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ABA3	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 171, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.014 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4be',
    500: '#a3aba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aba3;
$custom-light: #bec4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73246,
    "c": 0.01449,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ABA3

secondary

#D6D4D6

accent

#578E8E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ABA3

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

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