#ADA0AE#ADA0AE

#ADA0AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.025 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA0AE
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(296, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(296, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 7.32, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 9.17, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.02 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.025 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4432, 37.0821, 45.2212)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA0AE #A1AEA0

analogous

#A6A0AE #ADA0AE #AEA0A8

triadic

#ADA0AE #AEADA0 #A0AEAD

tetradic

#ADA0AE #AEA6A0 #A1AEA0 #A0A8AE

square

#ADA0AE #AEA6A0 #A1AEA0 #A0A8AE

split-complementary

#ADA0AE #A8AEA0 #A0AEA6

monochromatic

#716172 #907F92 #ADA0AE #CAC1CA #E6E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ADA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#ADA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA0AE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA0AE	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.025 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcc6',
    500: '#ada0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada0ae;
$custom-light: #c5bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7212,
    "c": 0.02479,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA0AE

secondary

#D3D7D3

accent

#925458

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA0AE

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

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