#ADA8A7#ADA8A7

#ADA8A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.006 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A7
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(10, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(10, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 3.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 1.60, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 1.97, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0051 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.006 31)
XYZ	xyz(38.2103, 39.6797, 42.1977)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A7 #A7ACAD

analogous

#ADA7A9 #ADA8A7 #ADABA7

triadic

#ADA8A7 #A7ADA8 #A8A7AD

tetradic

#ADA8A7 #A9ADA7 #A7ACAD #ABA7AD

square

#ADA8A7 #A9ADA7 #A7ACAD #ABA7AD

split-complementary

#ADA8A7 #A7ADAB #A7A9AD

monochromatic

#716A69 #8F8987 #ADA8A7 #CBC7C7 #E8E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A7

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A7	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.006 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1c1',
    500: '#ada8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a7;
$custom-light: #c5c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 3.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73544,
    "c": 0.00595,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.3968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A7

secondary

#D7D9D9

accent

#848D58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A7

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

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