#ABABAB#ABABAB

#ABABAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABAB
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 171)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 0.00, 0.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(38.7070, 40.7240, 44.3415)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABAB #ABABAB

analogous

#ABABAB #ABABAB #ABABAB

triadic

#ABABAB #ABABAB #ABABAB

tetradic

#ABABAB #ABABAB #ABABAB #ABABAB

square

#ABABAB #ABABAB #ABABAB #ABABAB

split-complementary

#ABABAB #ABABAB #ABABAB

monochromatic

#6E6E6E #8C8C8C #ABABAB #CACACA #E8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ABABAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#ABABAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABAB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABAB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c4',
    500: '#ababab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababab;
$custom-light: #c4c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74123,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.40724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABAB

secondary

#D9D9D9

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABAB

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

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