#ADABA9#ADABA9

#ADABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.004 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADABA9
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(30, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(30, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 2.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 0.34, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 1.32, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0014 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.004 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9568, 40.8747, 43.3657)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADABA9 #A9ABAD

analogous

#ADA9A9 #ADABA9 #ADADA9

triadic

#ADABA9 #A9ADAB #ABA9AD

tetradic

#ADABA9 #A9ADA9 #A9ABAD #ADA9AD

square

#ADABA9 #A9ADA9 #A9ABAD #ADA9AD

split-complementary

#ADABA9 #A9ADAD #A9A9AD

monochromatic

#706E6B #8F8C8A #ADABA9 #CBCAC8 #E9E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ADABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ADABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADABA9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADABA9	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)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.004 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c4c2',
    500: '#adaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaba9;
$custom-light: #c5c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74227,
    "c": 0.00366,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADABA9

secondary

#D8D9DA

accent

#738C59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADABA9

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

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