#ADAAA8#ADAAA8

#ADAAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.004 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAA8
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(24, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(24, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 2.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 0.70, 1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 1.57, 63.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0025 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.004 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6751, 40.4610, 42.8105)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAA8 #A8ABAD

analogous

#ADA8A9 #ADAAA8 #ADADA8

triadic

#ADAAA8 #A8ADAA #AAA8AD

tetradic

#ADAAA8 #A9ADA8 #A8ABAD #ADA8AD

square

#ADAAA8 #A9ADA8 #A8ABAD #ADA8AD

split-complementary

#ADAAA8 #A8ADAD #A8A9AD

monochromatic

#716D6A #8F8B88 #ADAAA8 #CBC9C8 #E8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADAAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#ADAAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAA8

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAA8	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.004 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3c1',
    500: '#adaaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaa8;
$custom-light: #c5c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 2.959,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7399,
    "c": 0.00448,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAA8

secondary

#D8D9D9

accent

#788D59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAA8

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

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