#ADA8A0#ADA8A0

#ADA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.013 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A0
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(37, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(37, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 7.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 0.34, 4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 4.78, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0023 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.013 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5806, 39.4279, 38.8815)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A0 #A0A5AD

analogous

#ADA1A0 #ADA8A0 #ABADA0

triadic

#ADA8A0 #A0ADA8 #A8A0AD

tetradic

#ADA8A0 #A0ADA1 #A0A5AD #ADA0AB

square

#ADA8A0 #A0ADA1 #A0A5AD #ADA0AB

split-complementary

#ADA8A0 #A0ABAD #A1A0AD

monochromatic

#716B62 #918A7F #ADA8A0 #C9C6C1 #E6E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A0

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A0	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.013 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1bc',
    500: '#ada8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a0;
$custom-light: #c5c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 7.345,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.01273,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A0

secondary

#D2D4D7

accent

#6C9154

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A0

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

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