#ADB5BB#ADB5BB

#ADB5BB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.012 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB5BB
RGB	rgb(173, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(206, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -1.61, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 4.32, 248.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0062 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.012 240)
XYZ	xyz(42.7252, 45.5194, 53.5393)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB5BB #BBB3AD

analogous

#ADBBBA #ADB5BB #ADAEBB

triadic

#ADB5BB #BBADB5 #B5BBAD

tetradic

#ADB5BB #BAADBB #BBB3AD #AEBBAD

square

#ADB5BB #BAADBB #BBB3AD #AEBBAD

split-complementary

#ADB5BB #BBADAE #BBBAAD

monochromatic

#6C7882 #8C979F #ADB5BB #CED3D7 #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#ADB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#ADB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB5BB

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB5BB	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.012 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cbcf',
    500: '#adb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb5bb;
$custom-light: #c5cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76861,
    "c": 0.01241,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.4552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB5BB

secondary

#E4E2E0

accent

#6E5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB5BB

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

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