#ADAEB3#ADAEB3

#ADAEB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.007 H 277.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEB3
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(230, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(230, 3%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 0.60, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 2.74, 282.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0009 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.007 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5048, 42.4109, 48.6913)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEB3 #B3B2AD

analogous

#ADB1B3 #ADAEB3 #AFADB3

triadic

#ADAEB3 #B3ADAE #AEB3AD

tetradic

#ADAEB3 #B3ADB1 #B3B2AD #ADB3AF

square

#ADAEB3 #B3ADB1 #B3B2AD #ADB3AF

split-complementary

#ADAEB3 #B3AFAD #B1B3AD

monochromatic

#6E7077 #8D8F96 #ADAEB3 #CDCDD0 #EDEDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ADAEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#ADAEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEB3

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEB3	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.007 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6c9',
    500: '#adaeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaeb3;
$custom-light: #c5c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 3.797,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75153,
    "c": 0.00719,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEB3

secondary

#DFDEDD

accent

#85588E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEB3

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

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