#A5ABA4#A5ABA4

#A5ABA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.012 H 141.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA4
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(111, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(111, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -3.45, 2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 4.48, 140.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0094 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.012 141.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7796, 39.8054, 40.8603)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA4 #AAA4AB

analogous

#A8ABA4 #A5ABA4 #A4ABA6

triadic

#A5ABA4 #A4A5AB #ABA4A5

tetradic

#A5ABA4 #A4A8AB #AAA4AB #ABA6A4

square

#A5ABA4 #A4A8AB #AAA4AB #ABA6A4

split-complementary

#A5ABA4 #A6A4AB #ABA4A8

monochromatic

#676F66 #868E84 #A5ABA4 #C4C8C4 #E4E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A5ABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A5ABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA4	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)

#ACAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.012 141.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4bf',
    500: '#a5aba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba4;
$custom-light: #bfc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73433,
    "c": 0.012,
    "h": 141.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA4

secondary

#D6D4D7

accent

#588E86

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA4

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

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