#ABABA5#ABABA5

#ABABA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.008 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABA5
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -1.11, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 3.28, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0024 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.008 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1480, 40.5004, 41.3977)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABA5 #A5A5AB

analogous

#ABA8A5 #ABABA5 #A8ABA5

triadic

#ABABA5 #A5ABAB #ABA5AB

tetradic

#ABABA5 #A5ABA8 #A5A5AB #ABA5A8

square

#ABABA5 #A5ABA8 #A5A5AB #ABA5A8

split-complementary

#ABABA5 #A5A8AB #A8A5AB

monochromatic

#6E6E67 #8D8D85 #ABABA5 #C9C9C5 #E6E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ABABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#ABABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABA5

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABA5	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.008 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4bf',
    500: '#ababa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababa5;
$custom-light: #c4c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.448,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.00847,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABA5

secondary

#D5D5D7

accent

#588D58

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABA5

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

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