#ADAEBA#ADAEBA

#ADAEBA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.017 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEBA
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(235, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(235, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 1.98, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 6.55, 287.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0036 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.017 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2308, 42.7013, 52.5149)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEBA #BAB9AD

analogous

#ADB4BA #ADAEBA #B2ADBA

triadic

#ADAEBA #BAADAE #AEBAAD

tetradic

#ADAEBA #BAADB4 #BAB9AD #ADBAB2

square

#ADAEBA #BAADB4 #BAB9AD #ADBAB2

split-complementary

#ADAEBA #BAB2AD #B4BAAD

monochromatic

#6C6E80 #8C8D9E #ADAEBA #CECFD6 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ADAEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#ADAEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEBA

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEBA	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.017 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6ce',
    500: '#adaeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaeba;
$custom-light: #c5c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 8.609,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75375,
    "c": 0.01708,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEBA

secondary

#E3E3E0

accent

#8E5393

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEBA

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

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