#ADAEBB#ADAEBB

#ADAEBB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.018 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAEBB
RGB	rgb(173, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(236, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 2.18, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 7.09, 287.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.004 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.019 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3375, 42.7440, 53.0767)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAEBB #BBBAAD

analogous

#ADB5BB #ADAEBB #B3ADBB

triadic

#ADAEBB #BBADAE #AEBBAD

tetradic

#ADAEBB #BBADB5 #BBBAAD #ADBBB3

square

#ADAEBB #BBADB5 #BBBAAD #ADBBB3

split-complementary

#ADAEBB #BBB3AD #B5BBAD

monochromatic

#6C6D82 #8C8D9F #ADAEBB #CECFD7 #EEEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ADAEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#ADAEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAEBB

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAEBB	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adaebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.018 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6cf',
    500: '#adaebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adaebb;
$custom-light: #c5c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adaebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75407,
    "c": 0.0185,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAEBB

secondary

#E4E4E0

accent

#8F5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAEBB

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

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