#ADB2BD#ADB2BD

#ADB2BD is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.017 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB2BD
RGB	rgb(173, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(221, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(221, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 0.41, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 6.21, 273.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0011 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.017 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3374, 44.3988, 54.4736)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB2BD #BDB8AD

analogous

#ADBABD #ADB2BD #B0ADBD

triadic

#ADB2BD #BDADB2 #B2BDAD

tetradic

#ADB2BD #BDADBA #BDB8AD #ADBDB0

square

#ADB2BD #BDADBA #BDB8AD #ADBDB0

split-complementary

#ADB2BD #BDB0AD #BABDAD

monochromatic

#6B7385 #8B92A2 #ADB2BD #CFD2D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ADB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#ADB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB2BD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB2BD	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.017 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c9d0',
    500: '#adb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb2bd;
$custom-light: #c5c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.01665,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB2BD

secondary

#E5E4E1

accent

#805195

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB2BD

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

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