#ABA8A5#ABA8A5

#ABA8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.006 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A5
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(30, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 0.52, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 1.99, 75.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0021 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.006 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5878, 39.3800, 41.2109)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A5 #A5A8AB

analogous

#ABA5A5 #ABA8A5 #ABABA5

triadic

#ABA8A5 #A5ABA8 #A8A5AB

tetradic

#ABA8A5 #A5ABA5 #A5A8AB #ABA5AB

square

#ABA8A5 #A5ABA5 #A5A8AB #ABA5AB

split-complementary

#ABA8A5 #A5ABAB #A5A5AB

monochromatic

#6E6B67 #8D8985 #ABA8A5 #C9C7C5 #E6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ABA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ABA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A5

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A5	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.006 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bf',
    500: '#aba8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a5;
$custom-light: #c4c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73318,
    "c": 0.00551,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A5

secondary

#D5D6D7

accent

#738D58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A5

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

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