#ADA5AA#ADA5AA

#ADA5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.012 H 339.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5AA
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(323, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(323, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 3.80, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 4.10, 337.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0108 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.012 339.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9434, 38.6970, 43.4928)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5AA #A5ADA8

analogous

#ACA5AD #ADA5AA #ADA5A6

triadic

#ADA5AA #AAADA5 #A5AAAD

tetradic

#ADA5AA #ADACA5 #A5ADA8 #A5A6AD

square

#ADA5AA #ADACA5 #A5ADA8 #A5A6AD

split-complementary

#ADA5AA #A6ADA5 #A5ADAC

monochromatic

#71676D #90858C #ADA5AA #CAC5C8 #E7E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#ADA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5AA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5AA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.012 339.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfc3',
    500: '#ada5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5aa;
$custom-light: #c5bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.5,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.01157,
    "h": 339.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5AA

secondary

#D6D8D7

accent

#8F6C57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5AA

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

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