#ADA8A5#ADA8A5

#ADA8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.007 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A5
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(23, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.24, 2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 2.51, 60.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0043 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.007 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0268, 39.6063, 41.2315)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A5 #A5AAAD

analogous

#ADA5A6 #ADA8A5 #ADACA5

triadic

#ADA8A5 #A5ADA8 #A8A5AD

tetradic

#ADA8A5 #A6ADA5 #A5AAAD #ACA5AD

square

#ADA8A5 #A6ADA5 #A5AAAD #ACA5AD

split-complementary

#ADA8A5 #A5ADAC #A5A6AD

monochromatic

#716B67 #908985 #ADA8A5 #CAC7C5 #E7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ADA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A5

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A5	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.007 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1bf',
    500: '#ada8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a5;
$custom-light: #c5c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73486,
    "c": 0.0072,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A5

secondary

#D6D7D8

accent

#7A8F57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A5

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

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