#ADAEB5#ADAEB5

#ADAEB5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.010 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEB5
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(233, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(233, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 0.99, -3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 3.83, 285.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0017 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.01 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7086, 42.4924, 49.7643)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEB5 #B5B4AD

analogous

#ADB2B5 #ADAEB5 #B0ADB5

triadic

#ADAEB5 #B5ADAE #AEB5AD

tetradic

#ADAEB5 #B5ADB2 #B5B4AD #ADB5B0

square

#ADAEB5 #B5ADB2 #B5B4AD #ADB5B0

split-complementary

#ADAEB5 #B5B0AD #B2B5AD

monochromatic

#6E6F7A #8D8E98 #ADAEB5 #CDCED2 #EDEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ADAEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#ADAEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEB5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEB5	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.010 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6cb',
    500: '#adaeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaeb5;
$custom-light: #c5c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 5.128,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75216,
    "c": 0.01,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEB5

secondary

#E0E0DE

accent

#88578F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEB5

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

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