#ADA8A2#ADA8A2

#ADA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.010 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A2
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(33, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(33, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 6.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 0.70, 3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 3.79, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0031 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.01 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7570, 39.4984, 39.8103)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A2 #A2A7AD

analogous

#ADA2A2 #ADA8A2 #ACADA2

triadic

#ADA8A2 #A2ADA8 #A8A2AD

tetradic

#ADA8A2 #A2ADA2 #A2A7AD #ADA2AC

square

#ADA8A2 #A2ADA2 #A2A7AD #ADA2AC

split-complementary

#ADA8A2 #A2ACAD #A2A2AD

monochromatic

#716B64 #908A81 #ADA8A2 #CAC6C3 #E6E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ADA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A2	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.010 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1bd',
    500: '#ada8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a2;
$custom-light: #c5c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 6.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73399,
    "c": 0.01031,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A2

secondary

#D4D5D7

accent

#709055

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A2

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

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