#ADB3BC#ADB3BC

#ADB3BC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.015 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB3BC
RGB	rgb(173, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(216, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(216, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -0.33, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 5.31, 266.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0029 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.015 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4289, 44.7549, 53.9704)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB3BC #BCB6AD

analogous

#ADBABC #ADB3BC #AEADBC

triadic

#ADB3BC #BCADB3 #B3BCAD

tetradic

#ADB3BC #BCADBA #BCB6AD #ADBCAE

square

#ADB3BC #BCADBA #BCB6AD #ADBCAE

split-complementary

#ADB3BC #BCAEAD #BABCAD

monochromatic

#6B7583 #8B94A0 #ADB3BC #CFD2D8 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ADB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#ADB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB3BC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB3BC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.015 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c9d0',
    500: '#adb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb3bc;
$custom-light: #c5c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.0145,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB3BC

secondary

#E4E3E0

accent

#795194

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB3BC

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

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