#ADAAA9#ADAAA9

#ADAAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.004 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAA9
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(15, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 2.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 0.88, 0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 1.25, 45.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0029 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.004 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7687, 40.4984, 43.3030)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAA9 #A9ACAD

analogous

#ADA9AA #ADAAA9 #ADACA9

triadic

#ADAAA9 #A9ADAA #AAA9AD

tetradic

#ADAAA9 #AAADA9 #A9ACAD #ACA9AD

square

#ADAAA9 #AAADA9 #A9ACAD #ACA9AD

split-complementary

#ADAAA9 #A9ADAC #A9AAAD

monochromatic

#706C6B #8F8B8A #ADAAA9 #CBC9C8 #E9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#ADAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAA9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAA9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.004 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3c2',
    500: '#adaaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaa9;
$custom-light: #c5c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 2.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.00374,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAA9

secondary

#D8D9DA

accent

#7F8C59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAA9

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

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