#ABA9B3#ABA9B3

#ABA9B3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.014 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9B3
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 179)
HSL	hsl(252, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(252, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 2.63, -4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 5.54, 298.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0061 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.014 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1178, 40.2885, 48.3547)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9B3 #B1B3A9

analogous

#A9ACB3 #ABA9B3 #B0A9B3

triadic

#ABA9B3 #B3ABA9 #A9B3AB

tetradic

#ABA9B3 #B3A9AC #B1B3A9 #A9B3B0

square

#ABA9B3 #B3A9AC #B1B3A9 #A9B3B0

split-complementary

#ABA9B3 #B3B0A9 #ACB3A9

monochromatic

#6D6A78 #8B8996 #ABA9B3 #CBC9D0 #EAEAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ABA9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#ABA9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9B3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9B3	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.014 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c9',
    500: '#aba9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9b3;
$custom-light: #c4c2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 6.173,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73955,
    "c": 0.01437,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9B3

secondary

#DDDDDA

accent

#905584

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9B3

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

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