#ABA9AE#ABA9AE

#ABA9AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.007 H 304.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9AE
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(264, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(264, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 1.66, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 2.85, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0042 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.007 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6212, 40.0899, 45.7397)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9AE #ACAEA9

analogous

#A9AAAE #ABA9AE #AEA9AE

triadic

#ABA9AE #AEABA9 #A9AEAB

tetradic

#ABA9AE #AEA9AA #ACAEA9 #A9AEAE

square

#ABA9AE #AEA9AA #ACAEA9 #A9AEAE

split-complementary

#ABA9AE #AEAEA9 #AAAEA9

monochromatic

#6E6B72 #8C8990 #ABA9AE #CAC9CC #E9E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ABA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#ABA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9AE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9AE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.007 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c6',
    500: '#aba9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9ae;
$custom-light: #c4c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.00743,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9AE

secondary

#DADAD9

accent

#8D5978

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9AE

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

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