#ADAEAE#ADAEAE

#ADAEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.001 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEAE
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -0.35, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 0.37, 199.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0011 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.001 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0083, 42.2123, 46.0762)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEAE #AEADAD

analogous

#ADAEAD #ADAEAE #ADADAE

triadic

#ADAEAE #AEADAE #AEAEAD

tetradic

#ADAEAE #ADADAE #AEADAD #ADAEAD

square

#ADAEAE #ADADAE #AEADAD #ADAEAD

split-complementary

#ADAEAE #AEADAD #AEADAD

monochromatic

#707171 #8E9090 #ADAEAE #CCCCCC #EBEBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ADAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#ADAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEAE

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEAE	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.001 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6c6',
    500: '#adaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaeae;
$custom-light: #c5c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.613,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75001,
    "c": 0.00114,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEAE

secondary

#DCDBDB

accent

#5B5B8A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEAE

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

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