#ADABAE#ADABAE

#ADABAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.005 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADABAE
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 1.27, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 1.81, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0034 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.005 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4352, 41.0661, 45.8852)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADABAE #ACAEAB

analogous

#ABABAE #ADABAE #AEABAD

triadic

#ADABAE #AEADAB #ABAEAD

tetradic

#ADABAE #AEABAB #ACAEAB #ABADAE

square

#ADABAE #AEABAB #ACAEAB #ABADAE

split-complementary

#ADABAE #ADAEAB #ABAEAB

monochromatic

#706D71 #8F8C90 #ADABAE #CBCACC #EAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ADABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#ADABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADABAE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADABAE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adabae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.005 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c4c6',
    500: '#adabae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adabae;
$custom-light: #c5c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adabae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.00479,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADABAE

secondary

#DADBDA

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADABAE

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

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