#ADA9AA#ADA9AA

#ADA9AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.005 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9AA
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(345, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(345, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 1.61, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 1.61, 359.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0048 0)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.005 0)
XYZ	xyz(38.6761, 40.1626, 43.7371)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9AA #A9ADAC

analogous

#ADA9AC #ADA9AA #ADAAA9

triadic

#ADA9AA #AAADA9 #A9AAAD

tetradic

#ADA9AA #ACADA9 #A9ADAC #AAA9AD

square

#ADA9AA #ACADA9 #A9ADAC #AAA9AD

split-complementary

#ADA9AA #A9ADAA #A9ACAD

monochromatic

#706B6C #8F8A8B #ADA9AA #CBC8C9 #E9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#ADA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9AA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9AA	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.005 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2c3',
    500: '#ada9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9aa;
$custom-light: #c5c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 2.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.00479,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.40162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9AA

secondary

#D8DAD9

accent

#8C7F59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9AA

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

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