#A5ABA9#A5ABA9

#A5ABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ABA9
RGB	rgb(165, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(160, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -2.50, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 2.52, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0073 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2401, 39.9895, 43.2853)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ABA9 #ABA5A7

analogous

#A5ABA6 #A5ABA9 #A5AAAB

triadic

#A5ABA9 #A9A5AB #ABA9A5

tetradic

#A5ABA9 #A6A5AB #ABA5A7 #AAABA5

square

#A5ABA9 #A6A5AB #ABA5A7 #AAABA5

split-complementary

#A5ABA9 #ABA5AA #ABA6A5

monochromatic

#676E6C #858D8B #A5ABA9 #C5C9C7 #E4E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5ABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A5ABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ABA9

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ABA9	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c2',
    500: '#a5aba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aba9;
$custom-light: #bfc4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7358,
    "c": 0.00736,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ABA9

secondary

#D7D5D6

accent

#586A8D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ABA9

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

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