#ABA8B2#ABA8B2

#ABA8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.015 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA8B2
RGB	rgb(171, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(258, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(258, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 2.98, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 5.61, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0072 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.015 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8317, 39.8775, 47.7622)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA8B2 #AFB2A8

analogous

#A8AAB2 #ABA8B2 #B0A8B2

triadic

#ABA8B2 #B2ABA8 #A8B2AB

tetradic

#ABA8B2 #B2A8AA #AFB2A8 #A8B2B0

square

#ABA8B2 #B2A8AA #AFB2A8 #A8B2B0

split-complementary

#ABA8B2 #B2B0A8 #AAB2A8

monochromatic

#6D6977 #8C8895 #ABA8B2 #CAC8CF #EAE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ABA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ABA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA8B2

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA8B2	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.015 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c9',
    500: '#aba8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba8b2;
$custom-light: #c4c1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73716,
    "c": 0.01459,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA8B2

secondary

#DCDCD9

accent

#90567E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA8B2

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

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