#ABA5AD#ABA5AD

#ABA5AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5AD
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(285, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 3.66, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 4.96, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0098 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7913, 38.5854, 44.9839)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5AD #A7ADA5

analogous

#A7A5AD #ABA5AD #ADA5AB

triadic

#ABA5AD #ADABA5 #A5ADAB

tetradic

#ABA5AD #ADA7A5 #A7ADA5 #A5ABAD

square

#ABA5AD #ADA7A5 #A7ADA5 #A5ABAD

split-complementary

#ABA5AD #ABADA5 #A5ADA7

monochromatic

#6E6771 #8D8590 #ABA5AD #C9C5CA #E7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ABA5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ABA5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5AD

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5AD	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc5',
    500: '#aba5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5ad;
$custom-light: #c4bfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72939,
    "c": 0.01322,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5AD

secondary

#D6D8D6

accent

#8F5765

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5AD

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

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