#ABAEAE#ABAEAE

#ABAEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.003 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ABAEAE
RGB	rgb(171, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -1.06, -0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 1.12, 199.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0033 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.003 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5693, 41.9859, 46.0557)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ABAEAE #AEABAB

analogous

#ABAEAC #ABAEAE #ABACAE

triadic

#ABAEAE #AEABAE #AEAEAB

tetradic

#ABAEAE #ACABAE #AEABAB #ACAEAB

square

#ABAEAE #ACABAE #AEABAB #ACAEAB

split-complementary

#ABAEAE #AEABAC #AEACAB

monochromatic

#6D7171 #8C9090 #ABAEAE #CACCCC #E9EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ABAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#ABAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ABAEAE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ABAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ABAEAE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #abaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.003 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6c6',
    500: '#abaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #abaeae;
$custom-light: #c4c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#abaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7484,
    "c": 0.00341,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ABAEAE

secondary

#DBDADA

accent

#5A5A8C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ABAEAE

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

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