#ADABA8#ADABA8

#ADABA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.005 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADABA8
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(36, 3%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 2.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 0.15, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 1.80, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.001 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.005 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8633, 40.8373, 42.8732)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADABA8 #A8AAAD

analogous

#ADA9A8 #ADABA8 #ADADA8

triadic

#ADABA8 #A8ADAB #ABA8AD

tetradic

#ADABA8 #A8ADA9 #A8AAAD #ADA8AD

square

#ADABA8 #A8ADA9 #A8AAAD #ADA8AD

split-complementary

#ADABA8 #A8ADAD #A9A8AD

monochromatic

#716E6A #8F8D88 #ADABA8 #CBC9C8 #E8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ADABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADABA8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADABA8	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.005 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c4c1',
    500: '#adaba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaba8;
$custom-light: #c5c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 2.959,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74198,
    "c": 0.00484,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADABA8

secondary

#D8D8D9

accent

#6E8D59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADABA8

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

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