#ABABA8#ABABA8

#ABABA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.004 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABA8
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -0.56, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 1.64, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0012 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.004 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4243, 40.6109, 42.8526)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABA8 #A8A8AB

analogous

#ABAAA8 #ABABA8 #AAABA8

triadic

#ABABA8 #A8ABAB #ABA8AB

tetradic

#ABABA8 #A8ABAA #A8A8AB #ABA8AA

square

#ABABA8 #A8ABAA #A8A8AB #ABA8AA

split-complementary

#ABABA8 #A8AAAB #AAA8AB

monochromatic

#6E6E6A #8D8D89 #ABABA8 #C9C9C7 #E7E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ABABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#ABABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABA8

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABA8	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.004 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c1',
    500: '#ababa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababa8;
$custom-light: #c4c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.754,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.00425,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABA8

secondary

#D7D7D8

accent

#5A8C5A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABA8

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

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