#ADB8BB#ADB8BB

#ADB8BB is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.013 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB8BB
RGB	rgb(173, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(193, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -3.21, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 4.29, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0105 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.013 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3418, 46.7526, 53.7448)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB8BB #BBB0AD

analogous

#ADBBB7 #ADB8BB #ADB1BB

triadic

#ADB8BB #BBADB8 #B8BBAD

tetradic

#ADB8BB #B7ADBB #BBB0AD #B1BBAD

square

#ADB8BB #B7ADBB #BBB0AD #B1BBAD

split-complementary

#ADB8BB #BBADB1 #BBB7AD

monochromatic

#6C7D82 #8C9B9F #ADB8BB #CED5D7 #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#ADB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#ADB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB8BB

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB8BB	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.013 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cdcf',
    500: '#adb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb8bb;
$custom-light: #c5cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7749,
    "c": 0.013,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB8BB

secondary

#E4E1E0

accent

#605293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB8BB

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

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