#A5ABA8#A5ABA8

#A5ABA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.008 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA8
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(150, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(150, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -2.69, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 2.81, 163.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0077 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.008 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1465, 39.9521, 42.7927)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA8 #ABA5A8

analogous

#A5ABA5 #A5ABA8 #A5ABAB

triadic

#A5ABA8 #A8A5AB #ABA8A5

tetradic

#A5ABA8 #A5A5AB #ABA5A8 #ABABA5

square

#A5ABA8 #A5A5AB #ABA5A8 #ABABA5

split-complementary

#A5ABA8 #ABA5AB #ABA5A5

monochromatic

#676E6B #858D89 #A5ABA8 #C5C9C7 #E4E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A5ABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A5ABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA8

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA8	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.008 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c1',
    500: '#a5aba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba8;
$custom-light: #bfc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.008,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA8

secondary

#D7D5D6

accent

#58738D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA8

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

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