#ADADBB#ADADBB

#ADADBB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.020 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADADBB
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 2.73, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 7.64, 290.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0055 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.02 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1450, 42.3590, 53.0125)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADADBB #BBBBAD

analogous

#ADB4BB #ADADBB #B4ADBB

triadic

#ADADBB #BBADAD #ADBBAD

tetradic

#ADADBB #BBADB4 #BBBBAD #ADBBB4

square

#ADADBB #BBADB4 #BBBBAD #ADBBB4

split-complementary

#ADADBB #BBB4AD #B4BBAD

monochromatic

#6C6C82 #8C8C9F #ADADBB #CECED7 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADADBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#ADADBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADADBB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADADBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADADBB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adadbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.020 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c5cf',
    500: '#adadbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adadbb;
$custom-light: #c5c5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adadbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75201,
    "c": 0.01988,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADADBB

secondary

#E4E4E0

accent

#935293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADADBB

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

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