#ADABA5#ADABA5

#ADABA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADABA5
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(45, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -0.39, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 3.36, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0002 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5871, 40.7268, 41.4183)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADABA5 #A5A7AD

analogous

#ADA7A5 #ADABA5 #ABADA5

triadic

#ADABA5 #A5ADAB #ABA5AD

tetradic

#ADABA5 #A5ADA7 #A5A7AD #ADA5AB

square

#ADABA5 #A5ADA7 #A5A7AD #ADA5AB

split-complementary

#ADABA5 #A5ABAD #A7A5AD

monochromatic

#716E67 #908D85 #ADABA5 #CAC9C5 #E7E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ADABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#ADABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADABA5

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADABA5	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c4bf',
    500: '#adaba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaba5;
$custom-light: #c5c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74111,
    "c": 0.00879,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADABA5

secondary

#D6D6D8

accent

#658F57

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADABA5

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

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