#A5ABA7#A5ABA7

#A5ABA7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA7
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 167)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(140, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -2.88, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 3.17, 155.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0081 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(37.0537, 39.9150, 42.3040)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA7 #ABA5A9

analogous

#A6ABA5 #A5ABA7 #A5ABAA

triadic

#A5ABA7 #A7A5AB #ABA7A5

tetradic

#A5ABA7 #A5A6AB #ABA5A9 #ABAAA5

square

#A5ABA7 #A5A6AB #ABA5A9 #ABAAA5

split-complementary

#A5ABA7 #AAA5AB #ABA5A6

monochromatic

#676E6A #858D88 #A5ABA7 #C5C9C6 #E4E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A5ABA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A5ABA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA7

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA7	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)

#ABAAA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c1',
    500: '#a5aba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba7;
$custom-light: #bfc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.00883,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.39915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA7

secondary

#D7D5D6

accent

#587C8D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA7

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

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