#ADAEB8#ADAEB8

#ADAEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.014 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEB8
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(235, 7%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 6%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 1.58, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 5.46, 286.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0028 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.014 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0197, 42.6169, 51.4029)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEB8 #B8B7AD

analogous

#ADB4B8 #ADAEB8 #B1ADB8

triadic

#ADAEB8 #B8ADAE #AEB8AD

tetradic

#ADAEB8 #B8ADB4 #B8B7AD #ADB8B1

square

#ADAEB8 #B8ADB4 #B8B7AD #ADB8B1

split-complementary

#ADAEB8 #B8B1AD #B4B8AD

monochromatic

#6D6E7E #8C8E9C #ADAEB8 #CECED4 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ADAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#ADAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEB8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEB8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.014 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6cd',
    500: '#adaeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaeb8;
$custom-light: #c5c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 7.19,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.01425,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEB8

secondary

#E2E2DF

accent

#8C5491

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEB8

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

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