#ADAFBB#ADAFBB

#ADAFBB is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.017 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAFBB
RGB	rgb(173, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(231, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 1.64, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 6.56, 284.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0025 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.017 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5314, 43.1318, 53.1413)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAFBB #BBB9AD

analogous

#ADB6BB #ADAFBB #B2ADBB

triadic

#ADAFBB #BBADAF #AFBBAD

tetradic

#ADAFBB #BBADB6 #BBB9AD #ADBBB2

square

#ADAFBB #BBADB6 #BBB9AD #ADBBB2

split-complementary

#ADAFBB #BBB2AD #B6BBAD

monochromatic

#6C6F82 #8C8E9F #ADAFBB #CED0D7 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ADAFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#ADAFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAFBB

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAFBB	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adafbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.017 278.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adafbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75614,
    "c": 0.01721,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAFBB

secondary

#E4E3E0

accent

#8A5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAFBB

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

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