#ADA8B2#ADA8B2

#ADA8B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.015 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8B2
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(270, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(270, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 3.68, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 5.81, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0094 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.015 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2707, 40.1039, 47.7828)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8B2 #ADB2A8

analogous

#A8A8B2 #ADA8B2 #B2A8B2

triadic

#ADA8B2 #B2ADA8 #A8B2AD

tetradic

#ADA8B2 #B2A8A8 #ADB2A8 #A8B2B2

square

#ADA8B2 #B2A8A8 #ADB2A8 #A8B2B2

split-complementary

#ADA8B2 #B2B2A8 #A8B2A8

monochromatic

#706977 #8E8895 #ADA8B2 #CCC8CF #EAE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ADA8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#ADA8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8B2

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8B2	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.015 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1c9',
    500: '#ada8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8b2;
$custom-light: #c5c1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73882,
    "c": 0.01522,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8B2

secondary

#DBDCD9

accent

#905673

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8B2

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

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