#ABABAF#ABABAF

#ABABAF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.006 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABAF
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 175)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 0.76, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 2.19, 290.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0016 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.006 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0940, 40.8788, 46.3800)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABAF #AFAFAB

analogous

#ABADAF #ABABAF #ADABAF

triadic

#ABABAF #AFABAB #ABAFAB

tetradic

#ABABAF #AFABAD #AFAFAB #ABAFAD

square

#ABABAF #AFABAD #AFAFAB #ABAFAD

split-complementary

#ABABAF #AFADAB #ADAFAB

monochromatic

#6D6D73 #8C8C91 #ABABAF #CACACD #EAEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ABABAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ABABAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABAF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABAF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.006 286.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.439,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.00568,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABAF

secondary

#DCDCDA

accent

#8C598C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABAF

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

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