#A2A2AE#A2A2AE

#A2A2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.017 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A2AE
RGB	rgb(162, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 2.36, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 6.63, 290.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0047 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.017 286)
XYZ	xyz(35.4591, 36.5779, 45.2283)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A2AE #AEAEA2

analogous

#A2A8AE #A2A2AE #A8A2AE

triadic

#A2A2AE #AEA2A2 #A2AEA2

tetradic

#A2A2AE #AEA2A8 #AEAEA2 #A2AEA8

square

#A2A2AE #AEA2A8 #AEAEA2 #A2AEA8

split-complementary

#A2A2AE #AEA8A2 #A8AEA2

monochromatic

#636372 #818192 #A2A2AE #C3C3CA #E3E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A2A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A2A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A2AE

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A2AE	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.017 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbdc6',
    500: '#a2a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a2ae;
$custom-light: #bdbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71603,
    "c": 0.01724,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.36578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A2AE

secondary

#D8D8D4

accent

#915591

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A2AE

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

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