#ABABA4#ABABA4

#ABABA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.010 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABA4
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -1.30, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 3.83, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0028 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.01 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0573, 40.4642, 40.9202)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABA4 #A4A4AB

analogous

#ABA7A4 #ABABA4 #A7ABA4

triadic

#ABABA4 #A4ABAB #ABA4AB

tetradic

#ABABA4 #A4ABA7 #A4A4AB #ABA4A7

square

#ABABA4 #A4ABA7 #A4A4AB #ABA4A7

split-complementary

#ABABA4 #A4A7AB #A7A4AB

monochromatic

#6F6F66 #8E8E84 #ABABA4 #C8C8C4 #E6E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ABABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#ABABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABA4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABA4	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.010 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4bf',
    500: '#ababa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababa4;
$custom-light: #c4c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73918,
    "c": 0.00988,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABA4

secondary

#D4D4D7

accent

#588E58

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABA4

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

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