#ADA8A4#ADA8A4

#ADA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.008 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A4
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(27, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(27, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 5.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 1.06, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 2.90, 68.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0039 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.008 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9362, 39.5701, 40.7540)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A4 #A4A9AD

analogous

#ADA4A4 #ADA8A4 #ADACA4

triadic

#ADA8A4 #A4ADA8 #A8A4AD

tetradic

#ADA8A4 #A4ADA4 #A4A9AD #ACA4AD

square

#ADA8A4 #A4ADA4 #A4A9AD #ACA4AD

split-complementary

#ADA8A4 #A4ADAC #A4A4AD

monochromatic

#716B66 #908984 #ADA8A4 #CAC7C4 #E7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ADA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A4	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.008 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1bf',
    500: '#ada8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a4;
$custom-light: #c5c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 5.202,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73457,
    "c": 0.00813,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A4

secondary

#D5D7D8

accent

#768F56

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A4

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

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