#ABA9AF#ABA9AF

#ABA9AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9AF
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(260, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(260, 3%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 1.85, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 3.38, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0046 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7191, 40.1290, 46.2550)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9AF #ADAFA9

analogous

#A9AAAF #ABA9AF #AEA9AF

triadic

#ABA9AF #AFABA9 #A9AFAB

tetradic

#ABA9AF #AFA9AA #ADAFA9 #A9AFAE

square

#ABA9AF #AFA9AA #ADAFA9 #A9AFAE

split-complementary

#ABA9AF #AFAEA9 #AAAFA9

monochromatic

#6D6B73 #8C8992 #ABA9AF #CAC9CC #E9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ABA9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#ABA9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9AF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9AF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c6',
    500: '#aba9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9af;
$custom-light: #c4c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.00879,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9AF

secondary

#DADBD9

accent

#8D587C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9AF

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

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