#ABACAE#ABACAE

#ABACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.003 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABACAE
RGB	rgb(171, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(220, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 0.03, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 1.15, 271.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0003 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.003 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1858, 41.2189, 45.9278)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ABACAE #AEADAB

analogous

#ABADAE #ABACAE #ABABAE

triadic

#ABACAE #AEABAC #ACAEAB

tetradic

#ABACAE #AEABAD #AEADAB #ABAEAB

square

#ABACAE #AEABAD #AEADAB #ABAEAB

split-complementary

#ABACAE #AEABAB #ADAEAB

monochromatic

#6D6F71 #8C8D90 #ABACAE #CACBCC #E9EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ABACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#ABACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABACAE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABACAE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.003 264.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74422,
    "c": 0.00307,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABACAE

secondary

#DBDBDA

accent

#7B5A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABACAE

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

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