#ABA5AF#ABA5AF

#ABA5AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA5AF
RGB	rgb(171, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(276, 6%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(276, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 4.04, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 5.96, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0106 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9863, 38.6634, 46.0107)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA5AF #A9AFA5

analogous

#A6A5AF #ABA5AF #AFA5AE

triadic

#ABA5AF #AFABA5 #A5AFAB

tetradic

#ABA5AF #AFA6A5 #A9AFA5 #A5AEAF

square

#ABA5AF #AFA6A5 #A9AFA5 #A5AEAF

split-complementary

#ABA5AF #AEAFA5 #A5AFA6

monochromatic

#6E6673 #8D8592 #ABA5AF #C9C5CC #E7E6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ABA5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ABA5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA5AF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA5AF	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc6',
    500: '#aba5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba5af;
$custom-light: #c4bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73002,
    "c": 0.01572,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA5AF

secondary

#D8DAD6

accent

#90566D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA5AF

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

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