#A3ABA9#A3ABA9

#A3ABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ABA9
RGB	rgb(163, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(165, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -3.20, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 3.20, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0095 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.009 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8272, 39.7767, 43.2659)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ABA9 #ABA3A5

analogous

#A3ABA5 #A3ABA9 #A3A9AB

triadic

#A3ABA9 #A9A3AB #ABA9A3

tetradic

#A3ABA9 #A5A3AB #ABA3A5 #A9ABA3

square

#A3ABA9 #A5A3AB #ABA3A5 #A9ABA3

split-complementary

#A3ABA9 #ABA3A9 #ABA5A3

monochromatic

#656F6C #838E8B #A3ABA9 #C3C8C7 #E3E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A3ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A3ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ABA9

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ABA9	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4c2',
    500: '#a3aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aba9;
$custom-light: #bec4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.00947,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ABA9

secondary

#D6D4D4

accent

#57658E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ABA9

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

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