#ABA8A8#ABA8A8

#ABA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.003 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A8
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 1.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 1.07, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 1.14, 19.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0033 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.003 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8640, 39.4905, 42.6659)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A8 #A8ABAB

analogous

#ABA8AA #ABA8A8 #ABAAA8

triadic

#ABA8A8 #A8ABA8 #A8A8AB

tetradic

#ABA8A8 #AAABA8 #A8ABAB #AAA8AB

square

#ABA8A8 #AAABA8 #A8ABAB #AAA8AB

split-complementary

#ABA8A8 #A8ABAA #A8AAAB

monochromatic

#6E6A6A #8D8989 #ABA8A8 #C9C7C7 #E7E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ABA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.003 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c1',
    500: '#aba8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a8;
$custom-light: #c4c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.754,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73407,
    "c": 0.00344,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A8

secondary

#D7D8D8

accent

#8C8C5A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A8

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

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