#ABABAC#ABABAC

#ABABAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.001 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABAC
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 172)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 0.19, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 0.55, 290.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0004 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.001 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8026, 40.7623, 44.8454)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABAC #ACACAB

analogous

#ABACAC #ABABAC #ACABAC

triadic

#ABABAC #ACABAB #ABACAB

tetradic

#ABABAC #ACABAC #ACACAB #ABACAC

square

#ABABAC #ACABAC #ACACAB #ABACAC

split-complementary

#ABABAC #ACACAB #ACACAB

monochromatic

#6E6E6F #8C8C8E #ABABAC #CACACA #E9E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ABABAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#ABABAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABAC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABAC	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.001 286.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.599,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74153,
    "c": 0.00142,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABAC

secondary

#DADAD9

accent

#8A5B8A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABAC

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

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