#ADAEAD#ADAEAD

#ADAEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.002 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEAD
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -0.54, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 0.67, 144.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0015 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.002 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9112, 42.1734, 45.5647)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEAD #AEADAE

analogous

#ADAEAD #ADAEAD #ADAEAD

triadic

#ADAEAD #ADADAE #AEADAD

tetradic

#ADAEAD #ADADAE #AEADAE #AEADAD

square

#ADAEAD #ADADAE #AEADAE #AEADAD

split-complementary

#ADAEAD #ADADAE #AEADAD

monochromatic

#707170 #8E908E #ADAEAD #CCCCCC #EBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ADAEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#ADAEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEAD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEAD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.002 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6c5',
    500: '#adaead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaead;
$custom-light: #c5c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.613,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.00181,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEAD

secondary

#DCDBDC

accent

#5B8A8A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEAD

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

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