#ABACAB#ABACAB

#ABACAB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.002 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABACAB
RGB	rgb(171, 172, 171)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -0.54, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 0.67, 144.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0015 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.002 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8966, 41.1032, 44.4047)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ABACAB #ACABAC

analogous

#ACACAB #ABACAB #ABACAC

triadic

#ABACAB #ABABAC #ACABAB

tetradic

#ABACAB #ABACAC #ACABAC #ACACAB

square

#ABACAB #ABACAC #ACABAC #ACACAB

split-complementary

#ABACAB #ACABAC #ACABAC

monochromatic

#6E6F6E #8C8E8C #ABACAB #CACACA #E9E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ABACAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#ABACAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABACAB

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABACAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABACAB	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abacab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 172, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.002 145.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abacab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.599,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74332,
    "c": 0.00181,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABACAB

secondary

#DAD9DA

accent

#5B8A8A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABACAB

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

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