#ADAAA0#ADAAA0

#ADAAA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.015 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAA0
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(46, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 7.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -0.74, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 5.58, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0008 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.015 93)
XYZ	xyz(37.9527, 40.1720, 39.0055)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAA0 #A0A3AD

analogous

#ADA3A0 #ADAAA0 #A9ADA0

triadic

#ADAAA0 #A0ADAA #AAA0AD

tetradic

#ADAAA0 #A0ADA3 #A0A3AD #ADA0A9

square

#ADAAA0 #A0ADA3 #A0A3AD #ADA0A9

split-complementary

#ADAAA0 #A0A9AD #A3A0AD

monochromatic

#716D62 #918D7F #ADAAA0 #C9C7C1 #E6E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADAAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#ADAAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAA0

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAA0	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)

#ACA99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.015 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3bc',
    500: '#adaaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaa0;
$custom-light: #c5c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 7.345,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73761,
    "c": 0.01453,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAA0

secondary

#D2D3D7

accent

#629154

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAA0

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

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