#A5ABA3#A5ABA3

#A5ABA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.013 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA3
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 163)
HSL	hsl(105, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(105, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -3.63, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 4.96, 137.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0098 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.013 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6897, 39.7694, 40.3866)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA3 #A9A3AB

analogous

#A9ABA3 #A5ABA3 #A3ABA5

triadic

#A5ABA3 #A3A5AB #ABA3A5

tetradic

#A5ABA3 #A3A9AB #A9A3AB #ABA5A3

square

#A5ABA3 #A3A9AB #A9A3AB #ABA5A3

split-complementary

#A5ABA3 #A5A3AB #ABA3A9

monochromatic

#676F65 #868E83 #A5ABA3 #C4C8C3 #E4E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A5ABA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A5ABA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA3

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA3	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)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.013 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4be',
    500: '#a5aba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba3;
$custom-light: #bfc4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.01319,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA3

secondary

#D6D4D6

accent

#578E81

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA3

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

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