#ABA8A1#ABA8A1

#ABA8A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.011 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A1
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(42, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 5.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -0.21, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 4.00, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0005 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.011 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2294, 39.2366, 39.3234)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A1 #A1A4AB

analogous

#ABA3A1 #ABA8A1 #A9ABA1

triadic

#ABA8A1 #A1ABA8 #A8A1AB

tetradic

#ABA8A1 #A1ABA3 #A1A4AB #ABA1A9

square

#ABA8A1 #A1ABA3 #A1A4AB #ABA1A9

split-complementary

#ABA8A1 #A1A9AB #A3A1AB

monochromatic

#6F6B63 #8E8A81 #ABA8A1 #C8C6C1 #E5E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ABA8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A1

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A1	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.011 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bc',
    500: '#aba8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a1;
$custom-light: #c4c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 5.618,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.01051,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A1

secondary

#D2D3D6

accent

#679056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A1

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

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