#ADA0AA#ADA0AA

#ADA0AA is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.021 H 333.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA0AA
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(314, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(314, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 6.56, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 7.42, 332.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0184 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.021 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0591, 36.9285, 43.1980)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA0AA #A0ADA3

analogous

#A9A0AD #ADA0AA #ADA0A3

triadic

#ADA0AA #AAADA0 #A0AAAD

tetradic

#ADA0AA #ADA9A0 #A0ADA3 #A0A3AD

square

#ADA0AA #ADA9A0 #A0ADA3 #A0A3AD

split-complementary

#ADA0AA #A3ADA0 #A0ADA9

monochromatic

#71626D #917F8D #ADA0AA #C9C1C7 #E6E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#ADA0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA0AA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA0AA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.021 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcc3',
    500: '#ada0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada0aa;
$custom-light: #c5bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.846,
    "s": 7.345,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71992,
    "c": 0.02059,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA0AA

secondary

#D2D7D3

accent

#916254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA0AA

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

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