#ABA9B5#ABA9B5

#ABA9B5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.017 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABA9B5
RGB	rgb(171, 169, 181)
HSL	hsl(250, 8%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(250, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 3.03, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 6.63, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0069 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.017 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3215, 40.3700, 49.4277)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABA9B5 #B3B5A9

analogous

#A9ADB5 #ABA9B5 #B1A9B5

triadic

#ABA9B5 #B5ABA9 #A9B5AB

tetradic

#ABA9B5 #B5A9AD #B3B5A9 #A9B5B1

square

#ABA9B5 #B5A9AD #B3B5A9 #A9B5B1

split-complementary

#ABA9B5 #B5B1A9 #ADB5A9

monochromatic

#6C697A #8B8899 #ABA9B5 #CBCAD1 #EBEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ABA9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#ABA9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABA9B5

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABA9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABA9B5	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#A7AAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aba9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 169, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.017 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2cb',
    500: '#aba9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aba9b5;
$custom-light: #c4c2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aba9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 7.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.01719,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABA9B5

secondary

#DEDFDB

accent

#915487

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABA9B5

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

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