#ABABB3#ABABB3

#ABABB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.011 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABABB3
RGB	rgb(171, 171, 179)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, 1.54, -4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 4.37, 290.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% 0.0032 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.011 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4927, 41.0383, 48.4797)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ABABB3 #B3B3AB

analogous

#ABAFB3 #ABABB3 #AFABB3

triadic

#ABABB3 #B3ABAB #ABB3AB

tetradic

#ABABB3 #B3ABAF #B3B3AB #ABB3AF

square

#ABABB3 #B3ABAF #B3B3AB #ABB3AF

split-complementary

#ABABB3 #B3AFAB #AFB3AB

monochromatic

#6C6C77 #8B8B96 #ABABB3 #CBCBD0 #EBEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ABABB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#ABABB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABABB3

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABABB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABABB3	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ababb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 171, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.011 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c9',
    500: '#ababb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ababb3;
$custom-light: #c4c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ababb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74369,
    "c": 0.01137,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABABB3

secondary

#DEDEDC

accent

#8F578F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABABB3

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

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