#ADAEB6#ADAEB6

#ADAEB6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.011 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEB6
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(233, 6%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(233, 5%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 1.19, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 4.37, 285.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0021 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.011 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8116, 42.5336, 50.3066)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEB6 #B6B5AD

analogous

#ADB3B6 #ADAEB6 #B1ADB6

triadic

#ADAEB6 #B6ADAE #AEB6AD

tetradic

#ADAEB6 #B6ADB3 #B6B5AD #ADB6B1

square

#ADAEB6 #B6ADB3 #B6B5AD #ADB6B1

split-complementary

#ADAEB6 #B6B1AD #B3B6AD

monochromatic

#6E6F7B #8D8E99 #ADAEB6 #CDCED3 #EEEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ADAEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#ADAEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEB6

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEB6	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.011 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6cb',
    500: '#adaeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaeb6;
$custom-light: #c5c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 5.806,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75247,
    "c": 0.01141,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEB6

secondary

#E1E0DE

accent

#895690

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEB6

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

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