#ABA5AE#ABA5AE

#ABA5AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.014 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5AE
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(280, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 3.85, -3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 5.46, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0102 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.014 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8885, 38.6243, 45.4954)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5AE #A8AEA5

analogous

#A7A5AE #ABA5AE #AEA5AD

triadic

#ABA5AE #AEABA5 #A5AEAB

tetradic

#ABA5AE #AEA7A5 #A8AEA5 #A5ADAE

square

#ABA5AE #AEA7A5 #A8AEA5 #A5ADAE

split-complementary

#ABA5AE #ADAEA5 #A5AEA7

monochromatic

#6E6772 #8D8591 #ABA5AE #C9C5CB #E7E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ABA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ABA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5AE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5AE	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)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.014 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc6',
    500: '#aba5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5ae;
$custom-light: #c4bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7297,
    "c": 0.01445,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5AE

secondary

#D7D9D6

accent

#8F5669

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5AE

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

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