#ABA8A3#ABA8A3

#ABA8A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.008 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A3
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(38, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 4.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, 0.15, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 2.96, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0013 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.008 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4071, 39.3077, 40.2597)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A3 #A3A6AB

analogous

#ABA4A3 #ABA8A3 #AAABA3

triadic

#ABA8A3 #A3ABA8 #A8A3AB

tetradic

#ABA8A3 #A3ABA4 #A3A6AB #ABA3AA

square

#ABA8A3 #A3ABA4 #A3A6AB #ABA3AA

split-complementary

#ABA8A3 #A3AAAB #A4A3AB

monochromatic

#6F6B65 #8E8A83 #ABA8A3 #C8C6C3 #E5E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ABA8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A3

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A3	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.008 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1be',
    500: '#aba8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a3;
$custom-light: #c4c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7326,
    "c": 0.00791,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A3

secondary

#D4D5D6

accent

#6C8E57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A3

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

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