#ADAAB5#ADAAB5

#ADAAB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.016 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAAB5
RGB	rgb(173, 170, 181)
HSL	hsl(256, 7%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(256, 6%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 3.17, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 6.14, 301.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0076 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.016 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9473, 40.9699, 49.5106)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAAB5 #B2B5AA

analogous

#AAADB5 #ADAAB5 #B3AAB5

triadic

#ADAAB5 #B5ADAA #AAB5AD

tetradic

#ADAAB5 #B5AAAD #B2B5AA #AAB5B3

square

#ADAAB5 #B5AAAD #B2B5AA #AAB5B3

split-complementary

#ADAAB5 #B5B3AA #ADB5AA

monochromatic

#6F6A7A #8D8999 #ADAAB5 #CDCBD1 #ECEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADAAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ADAAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAAB5

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAAB5	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 170, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.016 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3cb',
    500: '#adaab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaab5;
$custom-light: #c5c3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74389,
    "c": 0.01594,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAAB5

secondary

#DEDFDC

accent

#915580

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAAB5

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

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