#ADA8A1#ADA8A1

#ADA8A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.011 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A1
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(35, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 6.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 0.52, 4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 4.28, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0027 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.011 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6684, 39.4630, 39.3440)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A1 #A1A6AD

analogous

#ADA2A1 #ADA8A1 #ACADA1

triadic

#ADA8A1 #A1ADA8 #A8A1AD

tetradic

#ADA8A1 #A1ADA2 #A1A6AD #ADA1AC

square

#ADA8A1 #A1ADA2 #A1A6AD #ADA1AC

split-complementary

#ADA8A1 #A1ACAD #A2A1AD

monochromatic

#716B63 #908A80 #ADA8A1 #CAC6C2 #E6E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADA8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A1

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A1	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)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.011 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1bc',
    500: '#ada8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a1;
$custom-light: #c5c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73371,
    "c": 0.01149,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A1

secondary

#D3D5D7

accent

#6E9155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A1

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

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