#ABA8AC#ABA8AC

#ABA8AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.007 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8AC
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(285, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 1.82, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 2.48, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0049 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.007 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2424, 39.6418, 44.6587)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8AC #A9ACA8

analogous

#A9A8AC #ABA8AC #ACA8AB

triadic

#ABA8AC #ACABA8 #A8ACAB

tetradic

#ABA8AC #ACA9A8 #A9ACA8 #A8ABAC

square

#ABA8AC #ACA9A8 #A9ACA8 #A8ABAC

split-complementary

#ABA8AC #ABACA8 #A8ACA9

monochromatic

#6E6A6F #8D898E #ABA8AC #C9C7CA #E7E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABA8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#ABA8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8AC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8AC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.007 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c4',
    500: '#aba8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8ac;
$custom-light: #c4c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73528,
    "c": 0.0066,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8AC

secondary

#D8D9D7

accent

#8C5966

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8AC

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

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