#ADA8A9#ADA8A9

#ADA8A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.006 H 3.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8A9
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(348, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(348, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 2.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 1.97, 0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 1.98, 3.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0059 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.006 3.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3966, 39.7543, 43.1790)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8A9 #A8ADAC

analogous

#ADA8AC #ADA8A9 #ADAAA8

triadic

#ADA8A9 #A9ADA8 #A8A9AD

tetradic

#ADA8A9 #ACADA8 #A8ADAC #AAA8AD

square

#ADA8A9 #ACADA8 #A8ADAC #AAA8AD

split-complementary

#ADA8A9 #A8ADAA #A8ACAD

monochromatic

#716A6B #8F888A #ADA8A9 #CBC8C8 #E8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ADA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#ADA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8A9

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8A9	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.006 3.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1c2',
    500: '#ada8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8a9;
$custom-light: #c5c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 2.959,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.00591,
    "h": 3.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8A9

secondary

#D8D9D9

accent

#8D8259

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8A9

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

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