#ADA8A8#ADA8A8

#ADA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.006 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A8
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 2.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 1.79, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 1.90, 19.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0055 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.006 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3031, 39.7168, 42.6865)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A8 #A8ADAD

analogous

#ADA8AB #ADA8A8 #ADABA8

triadic

#ADA8A8 #A8ADA8 #A8A8AD

tetradic

#ADA8A8 #ABADA8 #A8ADAD #ABA8AD

square

#ADA8A8 #ABADA8 #A8ADAD #ABA8AD

split-complementary

#ADA8A8 #A8ADAB #A8ABAD

monochromatic

#716A6A #8F8888 #ADA8A8 #CBC8C8 #E8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ADA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A8	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)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.006 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1c1',
    500: '#ada8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a8;
$custom-light: #c5c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.959,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73574,
    "c": 0.00576,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A8

secondary

#D8D9D9

accent

#8D8D59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A8

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

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