#A5ABA6#A5ABA6

#A5ABA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.010 H 150.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA6
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(130, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(130, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -3.07, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 3.58, 149.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0085 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.01 150.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9617, 39.8782, 41.8190)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA6 #ABA5AA

analogous

#A7ABA5 #A5ABA6 #A5ABA9

triadic

#A5ABA6 #A6A5AB #ABA6A5

tetradic

#A5ABA6 #A5A7AB #ABA5AA #ABA9A5

square

#A5ABA6 #A5A7AB #ABA5AA #ABA9A5

split-complementary

#A5ABA6 #A9A5AB #ABA5A7

monochromatic

#676E68 #858D87 #A5ABA6 #C5C9C5 #E4E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A5ABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A5ABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA6

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA6	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.010 150.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c0',
    500: '#a5aba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba6;
$custom-light: #bfc4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73492,
    "c": 0.0098,
    "h": 150.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA6

secondary

#D7D5D7

accent

#58848D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA6

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

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