#ADABB3#ADABB3

#ADABB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.012 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADABB3
RGB	rgb(173, 171, 179)
HSL	hsl(255, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 4%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 2.24, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 4.45, 300.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0053 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.012 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9317, 41.2647, 48.5003)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADABB3 #B1B3AB

analogous

#ABADB3 #ADABB3 #B1ABB3

triadic

#ADABB3 #B3ADAB #ABB3AD

tetradic

#ADABB3 #B3ABAD #B1B3AB #ABB3B1

square

#ADABB3 #B3ABAD #B1B3AB #ABB3B1

split-complementary

#ADABB3 #B3B1AB #ADB3AB

monochromatic

#6F6C77 #8E8B96 #ADABB3 #CCCBD0 #ECEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ADABB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#ADABB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADABB3

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADABB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADABB3	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adabb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 171, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.012 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c4c9',
    500: '#adabb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adabb3;
$custom-light: #c5c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adabb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.01154,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADABB3

secondary

#DDDEDC

accent

#8F5781

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADABB3

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

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