#ABABAE#ABABAE

#ABABAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.004 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABAE
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 0.57, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 1.64, 290.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0012 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.004 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9962, 40.8397, 45.8646)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABAE #AEAEAB

analogous

#ABACAE #ABABAE #ACABAE

triadic

#ABABAE #AEABAB #ABAEAB

tetradic

#ABABAE #AEABAC #AEAEAB #ABAEAC

square

#ABABAE #AEABAC #AEAEAB #ABAEAC

split-complementary

#ABABAE #AEACAB #ACAEAB

monochromatic

#6D6D71 #8C8C90 #ABABAE #CACACC #E9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ABABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ABABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABAE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABAE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.004 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c6',
    500: '#ababae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababae;
$custom-light: #c4c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74213,
    "c": 0.00425,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABAE

secondary

#DBDBDA

accent

#8C5A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABAE

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

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