#A2A2B8#A2A2B8

#A2A2B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.032 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A2B8
RGB	rgb(162, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(240, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 4.44, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 12.15, 291.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0085 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.032 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4705, 36.9824, 50.5550)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A2B8 #B8B8A2

analogous

#A2ADB8 #A2A2B8 #ADA2B8

triadic

#A2A2B8 #B8A2A2 #A2B8A2

tetradic

#A2A2B8 #B8A2AD #B8B8A2 #A2B8AD

square

#A2A2B8 #B8A2AD #B8B8A2 #A2B8AD

split-complementary

#A2A2B8 #B8ADA2 #ADB8A2

monochromatic

#61617F #7F7F9E #A2A2B8 #C5C5D2 #E7E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A2A2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A2A2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A2B8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A2B8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.032 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbdcd',
    500: '#a2a2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a2b8;
$custom-light: #bdbdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71942,
    "c": 0.03168,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A2B8

secondary

#DEDED8

accent

#984E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A2B8

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

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