#ABA9AC#ABA9AC

#ABA9AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.005 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9AC
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 1.28, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 1.82, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0034 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.005 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4277, 40.0125, 44.7205)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9AC #AAACA9

analogous

#AAA9AC #ABA9AC #ACA9AC

triadic

#ABA9AC #ACABA9 #A9ACAB

tetradic

#ABA9AC #ACAAA9 #AAACA9 #A9ACAC

square

#ABA9AC #ACAAA9 #AAACA9 #A9ACAC

split-complementary

#ABA9AC #ACACA9 #A9ACAA

monochromatic

#6E6B6F #8D8A8E #ABA9AC #C9C8CA #E8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ABA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#ABA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9AC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9AC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.005 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c4',
    500: '#aba9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9ac;
$custom-light: #c4c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 1.775,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.00481,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9AC

secondary

#D8D9D8

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9AC

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

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