#ABA8AA#ABA8AA

#ABA8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.004 H 337.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8AA
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(320, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(320, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 0.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 1.45, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 1.58, 335.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0041 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.004 337.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0518, 39.5656, 43.6547)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8AA #A8ABA9

analogous

#ABA8AB #ABA8AA #ABA8A9

triadic

#ABA8AA #AAABA8 #A8AAAB

tetradic

#ABA8AA #ABABA8 #A8ABA9 #A8A9AB

square

#ABA8AA #ABABA8 #A8ABA9 #A8A9AB

split-complementary

#ABA8AA #A9ABA8 #A8ABAB

monochromatic

#6E6A6D #8D898C #ABA8AA #C9C7C8 #E7E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ABA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ABA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8AA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8AA	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)

#A8A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.004 337.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c3',
    500: '#aba8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8aa;
$custom-light: #c4c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 1.754,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.00443,
    "h": 337.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8AA

secondary

#D7D8D7

accent

#8C6A5A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8AA

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

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