#ABA8A2#ABA8A2

#ABA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.009 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A2
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(40, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 5.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -0.03, 3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 3.47, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0009 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.009 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3179, 39.2720, 39.7897)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A2 #A2A5AB

analogous

#ABA3A2 #ABA8A2 #A9ABA2

triadic

#ABA8A2 #A2ABA8 #A8A2AB

tetradic

#ABA8A2 #A2ABA3 #A2A5AB #ABA2A9

square

#ABA8A2 #A2ABA3 #A2A5AB #ABA2A9

split-complementary

#ABA8A2 #A2A9AB #A3A2AB

monochromatic

#6F6B64 #8E8A82 #ABA8A2 #C8C6C2 #E5E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ABA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A2

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A2	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)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.009 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bd',
    500: '#aba8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a2;
$custom-light: #c4c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73231,
    "c": 0.0092,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A2

secondary

#D3D4D6

accent

#698F57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A2

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

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