#ABA9AD#ABA9AD

#ABA9AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.006 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9AD
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 173)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, 1.47, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 2.33, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0038 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.006 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5241, 40.0510, 45.2281)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9AD #ABADA9

analogous

#A9A9AD #ABA9AD #ADA9AD

triadic

#ABA9AD #ADABA9 #A9ADAB

tetradic

#ABA9AD #ADA9A9 #ABADA9 #A9ADAD

square

#ABA9AD #ADA9A9 #ABADA9 #A9ADAD

split-complementary

#ABA9AD #ADADA9 #A9ADA9

monochromatic

#6E6B70 #8C8A8F #ABA9AD #CAC8CB #E8E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ABA9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#ABA9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9AD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9AD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.006 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c5',
    500: '#aba9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9ad;
$custom-light: #c4c2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.00609,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9AD

secondary

#D9DAD8

accent

#8C5973

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9AD

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

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