#ADAAA5#ADAAA5

#ADAAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.008 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAA5
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(38, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 0.15, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 2.95, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0013 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.008 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3989, 40.3505, 41.3555)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAA5 #A5A8AD

analogous

#ADA6A5 #ADAAA5 #ACADA5

triadic

#ADAAA5 #A5ADAA #AAA5AD

tetradic

#ADAAA5 #A5ADA6 #A5A8AD #ADA5AC

square

#ADAAA5 #A5ADA6 #A5A8AD #ADA5AC

split-complementary

#ADAAA5 #A5ACAD #A6A5AD

monochromatic

#716D67 #908C85 #ADAAA5 #CAC8C5 #E7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADAAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#ADAAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAA5

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAA5	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.008 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3bf',
    500: '#adaaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaa5;
$custom-light: #c5c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.00789,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAA5

secondary

#D6D7D8

accent

#6C8F57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAA5

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

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