#ABA9B4#ABA9B4

#ABA9B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.016 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9B4
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 180)
HSL	hsl(251, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(251, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 2.83, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 6.08, 297.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0065 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.016 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2193, 40.3291, 48.8893)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9B4 #B2B4A9

analogous

#A9ACB4 #ABA9B4 #B0A9B4

triadic

#ABA9B4 #B4ABA9 #A9B4AB

tetradic

#ABA9B4 #B4A9AC #B2B4A9 #A9B4B0

square

#ABA9B4 #B4A9AC #B2B4A9 #A9B4B0

split-complementary

#ABA9B4 #B4B0A9 #ACB4A9

monochromatic

#6C6A79 #8B8897 #ABA9B4 #CBCAD1 #EBEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ABA9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#ABA9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9B4

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9B4	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.016 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2ca',
    500: '#aba9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9b4;
$custom-light: #c4c2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 6.832,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73987,
    "c": 0.01578,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9B4

secondary

#DDDEDB

accent

#915586

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9B4

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

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