#ADA9AE#ADA9AE

#ADA9AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.008 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA9AE
RGB	rgb(173, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(288, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(288, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 2.37, -2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 3.14, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0064 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.008 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0603, 40.3163, 45.7602)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA9AE #AAAEA9

analogous

#ABA9AE #ADA9AE #AEA9AD

triadic

#ADA9AE #AEADA9 #A9AEAD

tetradic

#ADA9AE #AEABA9 #AAAEA9 #A9ADAE

square

#ADA9AE #AEABA9 #AAAEA9 #A9ADAE

split-complementary

#ADA9AE #ADAEA9 #A9AEAB

monochromatic

#706B72 #8F8990 #ADA9AE #CBC9CC #E9E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#ADA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA9AE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA9AE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.008 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2c6',
    500: '#ada9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada9ae;
$custom-light: #c5c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 2.994,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73963,
    "c": 0.00838,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA9AE

secondary

#D9DAD9

accent

#8D5963

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA9AE

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

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