#ABA8AD#ABA8AD

#ABA8AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.008 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8AD
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 173)
HSL	hsl(276, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(276, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 2.01, -2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 2.98, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0053 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.008 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3388, 39.6804, 45.1664)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8AD #AAADA8

analogous

#A9A8AD #ABA8AD #ADA8AD

triadic

#ABA8AD #ADABA8 #A8ADAB

tetradic

#ABA8AD #ADA9A8 #AAADA8 #A8ADAD

square

#ABA8AD #ADA9A8 #AAADA8 #A8ADAD

split-complementary

#ABA8AD #ADADA8 #A8ADA9

monochromatic

#6E6A71 #8D888F #ABA8AD #C9C8CB #E8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABA8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ABA8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8AD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8AD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.008 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c5',
    500: '#aba8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8ad;
$custom-light: #c4c1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 2.959,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73559,
    "c": 0.00784,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8AD

secondary

#D8D9D8

accent

#8D596E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8AD

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

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