#ABA8A9#ABA8A9

#ABA8A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.004 H 354.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8A9
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(340, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(340, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 1.26, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 1.26, 353.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0037 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.004 354.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9575, 39.5279, 43.1584)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8A9 #A8ABAA

analogous

#ABA8AB #ABA8A9 #ABA9A8

triadic

#ABA8A9 #A9ABA8 #A8A9AB

tetradic

#ABA8A9 #ABABA8 #A8ABAA #A9A8AB

square

#ABA8A9 #ABABA8 #A8ABAA #A9A8AB

split-complementary

#ABA8A9 #A8ABA9 #A8ABAB

monochromatic

#6E6A6C #8D898A #ABA8A9 #C9C7C8 #E7E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ABA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8A9

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8A9	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.004 354.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c2',
    500: '#aba8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8a9;
$custom-light: #c4c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 1.754,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.00371,
    "h": 354.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8A9

secondary

#D7D8D8

accent

#8C7B5A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8A9

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

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