#ABA8AF#ABA8AF

#ABA8AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.010 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8AF
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 175)
HSL	hsl(266, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 4%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 2.40, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 4.01, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0061 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.01 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5338, 39.7584, 46.1932)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8AF #ACAFA8

analogous

#A8A9AF #ABA8AF #AFA8AF

triadic

#ABA8AF #AFABA8 #A8AFAB

tetradic

#ABA8AF #AFA8A9 #ACAFA8 #A8AFAF

square

#ABA8AF #AFA8A9 #ACAFA8 #A8AFAF

split-complementary

#ABA8AF #AFAFA8 #A9AFA8

monochromatic

#6E6A73 #8C8892 #ABA8AF #CAC8CC #E9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ABA8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#ABA8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8AF

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8AF	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.010 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c6',
    500: '#aba8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8af;
$custom-light: #c4c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 4.192,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.01048,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8AF

secondary

#DADBD8

accent

#8E5777

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8AF

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

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