#ABABA9#ABABA9

#ABABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.003 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABA9
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -0.37, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 1.09, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0008 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.003 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5178, 40.6483, 43.3451)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABA9 #A9A9AB

analogous

#ABAAA9 #ABABA9 #AAABA9

triadic

#ABABA9 #A9ABAB #ABA9AB

tetradic

#ABABA9 #A9ABAA #A9A9AB #ABA9AA

square

#ABABA9 #A9ABAA #A9A9AB #ABA9AA

split-complementary

#ABABA9 #A9AAAB #AAA9AB

monochromatic

#6E6E6C #8D8D8A #ABABA9 #C9C9C8 #E7E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ABABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#ABABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABA9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABA9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.003 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c2',
    500: '#ababa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababa9;
$custom-light: #c4c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74063,
    "c": 0.00283,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABA9

secondary

#D8D8D8

accent

#5B8B5B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABA9

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

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