#ADAAA3#ADAAA3

#ADAAA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.010 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAA3
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(42, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 5.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -0.21, 3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 3.99, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0005 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.01 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2183, 40.2782, 40.4043)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAA3 #A3A6AD

analogous

#ADA5A3 #ADAAA3 #ABADA3

triadic

#ADAAA3 #A3ADAA #AAA3AD

tetradic

#ADAAA3 #A3ADA5 #A3A6AD #ADA3AB

square

#ADAAA3 #A3ADA5 #A3A6AD #ADA3AB

split-complementary

#ADAAA3 #A3ABAD #A5A3AD

monochromatic

#716D65 #908C83 #ADAAA3 #CAC8C3 #E7E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADAAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#ADAAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAA3

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAA3	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)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.010 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3be',
    500: '#adaaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaa3;
$custom-light: #c5c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 5.747,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.01049,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAA3

secondary

#D4D5D8

accent

#679056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAA3

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

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