#ADA6AE#ADA6AE

#ADA6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.014 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA6AE
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(293, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(293, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 4.01, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 5.14, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0109 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.014 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5086, 39.2128, 45.5763)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA6AE #A7AEA6

analogous

#A9A6AE #ADA6AE #AEA6AB

triadic

#ADA6AE #AEADA6 #A6AEAD

tetradic

#ADA6AE #AEA9A6 #A7AEA6 #A6ABAE

square

#ADA6AE #AEA9A6 #A7AEA6 #A6ABAE

split-complementary

#ADA6AE #ABAEA6 #A6AEA9

monochromatic

#716872 #8F8691 #ADA6AE #CBC6CB #E8E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ADA6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ADA6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA6AE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA6AE	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.014 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0c6',
    500: '#ada6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada6ae;
$custom-light: #c5c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73345,
    "c": 0.01383,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA6AE

secondary

#D7D9D7

accent

#8F575E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA6AE

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

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