Light gray
#ADBBBB
#ADBBBB is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.5:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ADBBBB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ADBBBB kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 EFF9F9
- 100 E3EEEE
- 200 D0DCDC
- 300 ADBBBB
- 400 99A6A6
- 500 7D8B8B
- 600 637070
- 700 4C5858
- 800 384242
- 900 242D2D
- 950 131A1A
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #eff9f9; --color-gray-100: #e3eeee; --color-gray-200: #d0dcdc; --color-gray-300: #adbbbb; --color-gray-400: #99a6a6; --color-gray-500: #7d8b8b; --color-gray-600: #637070; --color-gray-700: #4c5858; --color-gray-800: #384242; --color-gray-900: #242d2d; --color-gray-950: #131a1a;}Is #ADBBBB readable?
Contrast for text on #ADBBBB and for #ADBBBB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 43 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.5APCA Lc 65 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #6C797A · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.5APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #ADBBBB
Six palettes built around #ADBBBB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ADBBBB · #0094BD · #00C1A0 · #DEEBFF · #203030
- Complementary#ADBBBB · #C45C59 · #FF95A2 · #78F9FC · #263636
- Split complementary#ADBBBB · #CD6496 · #FF934E · #8AFBF7 · #172728
- Triadic#ADBBBB · #AA6CB2 · #E7A200 · #86F7FF · #112727
- Tetradic#ADBBBB · #8D87E9 · #FA6876 · #F6E090 · #1C2627
- Monochromatic#ADBBBB · #38ACB4 · #00B6B1 · #B2EFF1 · #202E2E
#ADBBBB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ADBBBB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #EFF9F9
- Brand 100, #E3EEEE
- Brand 200, #D0DCDC
- Brand 300, #ADBBBB
- Brand 400, #99A6A6
- Brand 500, #7D8B8B
- Brand 600, #637070
- Brand 700, #4C5858
- Brand 800, #384242
- Brand 900, #242D2D
- Brand 950, #131A1A
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F4
- Neutral 200, #E3E6E6
- Neutral 300, #D1D5D5
- Neutral 400, #9CA2A2
- Neutral 500, #6D7575
- Neutral 600, #4F5656
- Neutral 700, #3B4242
- Neutral 800, #232929
- Neutral 900, #141919
- Neutral 950, #060B0B
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E7A750
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 10.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 10.0:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #ADBBBB
Lighter and darker versions of #ADBBBB.