#A5ABA0#A5ABA0

#A5ABA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.017 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA0
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 160)
HSL	hsl(93, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(93, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -4.19, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 6.46, 130.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.011 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.017 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4241, 39.6631, 38.9877)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA0 #A6A0AB

analogous

#AAABA0 #A5ABA0 #A0ABA1

triadic

#A5ABA0 #A0A5AB #ABA0A5

tetradic

#A5ABA0 #A0AAAB #A6A0AB #ABA1A0

square

#A5ABA0 #A0AAAB #A6A0AB #ABA1A0

split-complementary

#A5ABA0 #A1A0AB #ABA0AA

monochromatic

#686F62 #868E80 #A5ABA0 #C4C8C0 #E3E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A5ABA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A5ABA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA0

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA0	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.017 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4bc',
    500: '#a5aba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba0;
$custom-light: #bfc4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.727,
    "s": 6.145,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73319,
    "c": 0.01696,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA0

secondary

#D4D2D5

accent

#559075

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA0

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

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