#ABA9B2#ABA9B2

#ABA9B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.013 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9B2
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 178)
HSL	hsl(253, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(253, 5%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 2.44, -4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 5.00, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0057 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.013 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0170, 40.2482, 47.8240)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9B2 #B0B2A9

analogous

#A9ABB2 #ABA9B2 #AFA9B2

triadic

#ABA9B2 #B2ABA9 #A9B2AB

tetradic

#ABA9B2 #B2A9AB #B0B2A9 #A9B2AF

square

#ABA9B2 #B2A9AB #B0B2A9 #A9B2AF

split-complementary

#ABA9B2 #B2AFA9 #ABB2A9

monochromatic

#6D6A76 #8B8995 #ABA9B2 #CBC9CF #EAEAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ABA9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#ABA9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9B2

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9B2	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.013 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c9',
    500: '#aba9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9b2;
$custom-light: #c4c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 5.521,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73923,
    "c": 0.01297,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9B2

secondary

#DCDDDA

accent

#8F5683

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9B2

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

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