#A2A0AE#A2A0AE

#A2A0AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.020 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A0AE
RGB	rgb(162, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(249, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(249, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 3.47, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 7.80, 296.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0077 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.02 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1096, 35.8789, 45.1118)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A0AE #ACAEA0

analogous

#A0A5AE #A2A0AE #A9A0AE

triadic

#A2A0AE #AEA2A0 #A0AEA2

tetradic

#A2A0AE #AEA0A5 #ACAEA0 #A0AEA9

square

#A2A0AE #AEA0A5 #ACAEA0 #A0AEA9

split-complementary

#A2A0AE #AEA9A0 #A5AEA0

monochromatic

#646172 #827F92 #A2A0AE #C2C1CA #E3E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A2A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A2A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A0AE

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A0AE	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.020 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbcc6',
    500: '#a2a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a0ae;
$custom-light: #bdbcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71186,
    "c": 0.02023,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A0AE

secondary

#D7D7D3

accent

#925489

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A0AE

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

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