#A5ABA2#A5ABA2

#A5ABA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.014 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA2
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 162)
HSL	hsl(100, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(100, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 5.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -3.82, 3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 5.45, 134.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0102 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.014 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6004, 39.7337, 39.9166)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA2 #A8A2AB

analogous

#A9ABA2 #A5ABA2 #A2ABA3

triadic

#A5ABA2 #A2A5AB #ABA2A5

tetradic

#A5ABA2 #A2A9AB #A8A2AB #ABA3A2

square

#A5ABA2 #A2A9AB #A8A2AB #ABA3A2

split-complementary

#A5ABA2 #A3A2AB #ABA2A9

monochromatic

#686F64 #868E82 #A5ABA2 #C4C8C2 #E3E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A5ABA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A5ABA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.014 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4bd',
    500: '#a5aba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba2;
$custom-light: #bfc4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.01442,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA2

secondary

#D5D3D6

accent

#578F7C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA2

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

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