#ABA8AE#ABA8AE

#ABA8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.009 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8AE
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 2.21, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 3.49, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0057 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.009 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4359, 39.7192, 45.6779)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8AE #ABAEA8

analogous

#A8A8AE #ABA8AE #AEA8AE

triadic

#ABA8AE #AEABA8 #A8AEAB

tetradic

#ABA8AE #AEA8A8 #ABAEA8 #A8AEAE

square

#ABA8AE #AEA8A8 #ABAEA8 #A8AEAE

split-complementary

#ABA8AE #AEAEA8 #A8AEA8

monochromatic

#6E6A72 #8C8890 #ABA8AE #CAC8CC #E8E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABA8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ABA8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8AE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8AE	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)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.009 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c6',
    500: '#aba8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8ae;
$custom-light: #c4c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7359,
    "c": 0.00914,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8AE

secondary

#D9DAD8

accent

#8D5873

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8AE

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

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