#ADA5AE#ADA5AE

#ADA5AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.016 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5AE
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(293, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(293, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 4.56, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 5.81, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0124 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.016 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3275, 38.8507, 45.5160)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5AE #A6AEA5

analogous

#A9A5AE #ADA5AE #AEA5AB

triadic

#ADA5AE #AEADA5 #A5AEAD

tetradic

#ADA5AE #AEA9A5 #A6AEA5 #A5ABAE

square

#ADA5AE #AEA9A5 #A6AEA5 #A5ABAE

split-complementary

#ADA5AE #ABAEA5 #A5AEA9

monochromatic

#716772 #908591 #ADA5AE #CAC5CB #E8E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#ADA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5AE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5AE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.016 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfc6',
    500: '#ada5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5ae;
$custom-light: #c5bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73139,
    "c": 0.01564,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5AE

secondary

#D6D9D6

accent

#8F565D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5AE

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

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