#ABA8A4#ABA8A4

#ABA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.007 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A4
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(34, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 4.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 0.33, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 2.46, 82.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0017 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.007 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4971, 39.3437, 40.7335)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A4 #A4A7AB

analogous

#ABA4A4 #ABA8A4 #AAABA4

triadic

#ABA8A4 #A4ABA8 #A8A4AB

tetradic

#ABA8A4 #A4ABA4 #A4A7AB #ABA4AA

square

#ABA8A4 #A4ABA4 #A4A7AB #ABA4AA

split-complementary

#ABA8A4 #A4AAAB #A4A4AB

monochromatic

#6F6B66 #8E8A84 #ABA8A4 #C8C6C4 #E6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ABA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A4

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A4	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.007 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bf',
    500: '#aba8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a4;
$custom-light: #c4c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.00667,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A4

secondary

#D4D5D7

accent

#6F8E58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A4

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

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