#ABA8A0#ABA8A0

#ABA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.012 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A0
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(44, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 6.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -0.39, 4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 4.52, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0001 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.012 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1415, 39.2015, 38.8609)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A0 #A0A3AB

analogous

#ABA3A0 #ABA8A0 #A9ABA0

triadic

#ABA8A0 #A0ABA8 #A8A0AB

tetradic

#ABA8A0 #A0ABA3 #A0A3AB #ABA0A9

square

#ABA8A0 #A0ABA3 #A0A3AB #ABA0A9

split-complementary

#ABA8A0 #A0A9AB #A3A0AB

monochromatic

#6F6B62 #8E8A80 #ABA8A0 #C8C6C0 #E4E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ABA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ABA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A0

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A0	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.012 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bc',
    500: '#aba8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a0;
$custom-light: #c4c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 6.145,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73175,
    "c": 0.01185,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A0

secondary

#D2D3D5

accent

#659055

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A0

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

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