#ADAAAA#ADAAAA

#ADAAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.003 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAAA
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 1.07, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 1.13, 19.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0033 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.003 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8629, 40.5361, 43.7993)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAAA #AAADAD

analogous

#ADAAAC #ADAAAA #ADACAA

triadic

#ADAAAA #AAADAA #AAAAAD

tetradic

#ADAAAA #ACADAA #AAADAD #ACAAAD

square

#ADAAAA #ACADAA #AAADAD #ACAAAD

split-complementary

#ADAAAA #AAADAC #AAACAD

monochromatic

#706C6C #8F8B8B #ADAAAA #CBC9C9 #E9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADAAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#ADAAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAAA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAAA	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.003 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3c3',
    500: '#adaaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaaa;
$custom-light: #c5c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.796,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.00344,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAAA

secondary

#D9DADA

accent

#8C8C5A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAAA

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

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