#ADAAAE#ADAAAE

#ADAAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.007 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAAE
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 1.82, -1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 2.47, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0049 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.007 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2470, 40.6897, 45.8225)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAAE #ABAEAA

analogous

#ABAAAE #ADAAAE #AEAAAD

triadic

#ADAAAE #AEADAA #AAAEAD

tetradic

#ADAAAE #AEABAA #ABAEAA #AAADAE

square

#ADAAAE #AEABAA #ABAEAA #AAADAE

split-complementary

#ADAAAE #ADAEAA #AAAEAB

monochromatic

#706C71 #8F8B90 #ADAAAE #CBC9CC #E9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ADAAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#ADAAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAAE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAAE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.007 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3c6',
    500: '#adaaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaaae;
$custom-light: #c5c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.00658,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAAE

secondary

#DADBD9

accent

#8C5966

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAAE

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

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