#ABA8A6#ABA8A6

#ABA8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.004 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A6
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(24, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 0.70, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 1.57, 63.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0025 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.004 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6791, 39.4165, 41.6922)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A6 #A6A9AB

analogous

#ABA6A6 #ABA8A6 #ABAAA6

triadic

#ABA8A6 #A6ABA8 #A8A6AB

tetradic

#ABA8A6 #A6ABA6 #A6A9AB #AAA6AB

square

#ABA8A6 #A6ABA6 #A6A9AB #AAA6AB

split-complementary

#ABA8A6 #A6ABAA #A6A6AB

monochromatic

#6E6B68 #8D8987 #ABA8A6 #C9C7C5 #E6E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ABA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A6

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A6	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.004 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c0',
    500: '#aba8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a6;
$custom-light: #c4c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 2.89,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73348,
    "c": 0.00449,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A6

secondary

#D6D7D7

accent

#788D59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A6

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

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