#ADAAA6#ADAAA6

#ADAAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.007 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAA6
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(34, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 0.33, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 2.46, 82.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0017 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.007 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4903, 40.3870, 41.8368)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAA6 #A6A9AD

analogous

#ADA7A6 #ADAAA6 #ADADA6

triadic

#ADAAA6 #A6ADAA #AAA6AD

tetradic

#ADAAA6 #A6ADA7 #A6A9AD #ADA6AD

square

#ADAAA6 #A6ADA7 #A6A9AD #ADA6AD

split-complementary

#ADAAA6 #A6ADAD #A7A6AD

monochromatic

#716D68 #908C86 #ADAAA6 #CAC8C6 #E8E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADAAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#ADAAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAA6

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAA6	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.007 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3c0',
    500: '#adaaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaa6;
$custom-light: #c5c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 4.094,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.00666,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAA6

secondary

#D6D7D9

accent

#6F8E58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAA6

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

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