#A9ABA2#A9ABA2

#A9ABA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.013 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ABA2
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 162)
HSL	hsl(73, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 5.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -2.38, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 4.99, 118.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0058 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.013 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4457, 40.1695, 39.9562)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ABA2 #A4A2AB

analogous

#ABA8A2 #A9ABA2 #A4ABA2

triadic

#A9ABA2 #A2A9AB #ABA2A9

tetradic

#A9ABA2 #A2ABA8 #A4A2AB #ABA2A4

square

#A9ABA2 #A2ABA8 #A4A2AB #ABA2A4

split-complementary

#A9ABA2 #A2A4AB #A8A2AB

monochromatic

#6C6F64 #8B8E82 #A9ABA2 #C7C8C2 #E4E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A9ABA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A9ABA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ABA2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ABA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ABA2	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.013 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4bd',
    500: '#a9aba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aba2;
$custom-light: #c2c4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.01289,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ABA2

secondary

#D4D3D6

accent

#578F63

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ABA2

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

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