#ABA8A7#ABA8A7

#ABA8A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.004 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A7
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(15, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(15, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 2.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 0.88, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 1.26, 45.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0029 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.004 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7712, 39.4533, 42.1771)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A7 #A7AAAB

analogous

#ABA7A8 #ABA8A7 #ABAAA7

triadic

#ABA8A7 #A7ABA8 #A8A7AB

tetradic

#ABA8A7 #A8ABA7 #A7AAAB #AAA7AB

square

#ABA8A7 #A8ABA7 #A7AAAB #AAA7AB

split-complementary

#ABA8A7 #A7ABAA #A7A8AB

monochromatic

#6E6B69 #8D8988 #ABA8A7 #C9C7C6 #E7E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ABA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A7

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A7	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.004 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c1',
    500: '#aba8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a7;
$custom-light: #c4c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 2.326,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.00374,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A7

secondary

#D6D7D8

accent

#7F8C59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A7

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

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