#ABA5AA#ABA5AA

#ABA5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.010 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5AA
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(310, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(310, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 0.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 3.09, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 3.58, 329.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0086 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.01 331)
XYZ	xyz(37.5043, 38.4706, 43.4722)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5AA #A5ABA6

analogous

#A9A5AB #ABA5AA #ABA5A7

triadic

#ABA5AA #AAABA5 #A5AAAB

tetradic

#ABA5AA #ABA9A5 #A5ABA6 #A5A7AB

square

#ABA5AA #ABA9A5 #A5ABA6 #A5A7AB

split-complementary

#ABA5AA #A7ABA5 #A5ABA9

monochromatic

#6E676D #8D858C #ABA5AA #C9C5C8 #E6E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ABA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ABA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5AA

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5AA	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.010 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc3',
    500: '#aba5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5aa;
$custom-light: #c4bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.00984,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.3847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5AA

secondary

#D5D7D5

accent

#8D6158

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5AA

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

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