#ABABA6#ABABA6

#ABABA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.007 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABA6
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -0.93, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 2.73, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.002 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.007 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2394, 40.5370, 41.8789)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABA6 #A6A6AB

analogous

#ABA8A6 #ABABA6 #A8ABA6

triadic

#ABABA6 #A6ABAB #ABA6AB

tetradic

#ABABA6 #A6ABA8 #A6A6AB #ABA6A8

square

#ABABA6 #A6ABA8 #A6A6AB #ABA6A8

split-complementary

#ABABA6 #A6A8AB #A8A6AB

monochromatic

#6E6E68 #8D8D87 #ABABA6 #C9C9C5 #E6E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ABABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#ABABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABA6

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABA6	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.007 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c0',
    500: '#ababa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababa6;
$custom-light: #c4c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.89,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73975,
    "c": 0.00706,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABA6

secondary

#D6D6D7

accent

#598D59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABA6

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

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