#ABA8AB#ABA8AB

#ABA8AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.005 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8AB
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.63, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 2.01, 324.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0045 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.005 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1467, 39.6035, 44.1548)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8AB #A8ABA8

analogous

#AAA8AB #ABA8AB #ABA8AA

triadic

#ABA8AB #ABABA8 #A8ABAB

tetradic

#ABA8AB #ABAAA8 #A8ABA8 #A8AAAB

square

#ABA8AB #ABAAA8 #A8ABA8 #A8AAAB

split-complementary

#ABA8AB #AAABA8 #A8ABAA

monochromatic

#6E6A6E #8D898D #ABA8AB #C9C7C9 #E7E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABA8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ABA8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8AB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8AB	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.005 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c4',
    500: '#aba8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8ab;
$custom-light: #c4c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.754,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73498,
    "c": 0.00544,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8AB

secondary

#D7D8D7

accent

#8C5A5A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8AB

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

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