#ADA8A6#ADA8A6

#ADA8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.006 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A6
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(17, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 1.42, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 2.19, 49.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0047 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.006 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1182, 39.6429, 41.7127)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A6 #A6ABAD

analogous

#ADA6A8 #ADA8A6 #ADACA6

triadic

#ADA8A6 #A6ADA8 #A8A6AD

tetradic

#ADA8A6 #A8ADA6 #A6ABAD #ACA6AD

square

#ADA8A6 #A8ADA6 #A6ABAD #ACA6AD

split-complementary

#ADA8A6 #A6ADAC #A6A8AD

monochromatic

#716A68 #908986 #ADA8A6 #CAC7C6 #E8E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADA8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#ADA8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A6

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A6	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.006 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1c0',
    500: '#ada8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a6;
$custom-light: #c5c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 4.094,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73515,
    "c": 0.00646,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A6

secondary

#D6D8D9

accent

#7E8E58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A6

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

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