#ADA5AB#ADA5AB

#ADA5AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.012 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5AB
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 171)
HSL	hsl(315, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(315, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 1.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 3.99, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 4.49, 332.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0112 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.012 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0383, 38.7350, 43.9929)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5AB #A5ADA7

analogous

#ABA5AD #ADA5AB #ADA5A7

triadic

#ADA5AB #ABADA5 #A5ABAD

tetradic

#ADA5AB #ADABA5 #A5ADA7 #A5A7AD

square

#ADA5AB #ADABA5 #A5ADA7 #A5A7AD

split-complementary

#ADA5AB #A7ADA5 #A5ADAB

monochromatic

#71676E #90858D #ADA5AB #CAC5C9 #E7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADA5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ADA5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5AB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5AB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.012 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfc4',
    500: '#ada5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5ab;
$custom-light: #c5bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.01246,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5AB

secondary

#D6D8D6

accent

#8F6557

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5AB

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

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