#ABA9AB#ABA9AB

#ABA9AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9AB
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 171)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, 1.09, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 1.34, 324.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.003 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3320, 39.9742, 44.2166)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9AB #A9ABA9

analogous

#AAA9AB #ABA9AB #ABA9AA

triadic

#ABA9AB #ABABA9 #A9ABAB

tetradic

#ABA9AB #ABAAA9 #A9ABA9 #A9AAAB

square

#ABA9AB #ABAAA9 #A9ABA9 #A9AAAB

split-complementary

#ABA9AB #AAABA9 #A9ABAA

monochromatic

#6E6C6E #8D8A8D #ABA9AB #C9C8C9 #E7E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ABA9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#ABA9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9AB

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9AB	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c4',
    500: '#aba9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9ab;
$custom-light: #c4c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73705,
    "c": 0.00363,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9AB

secondary

#D8D8D8

accent

#8B5B5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9AB

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

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