#A2A6BE#A2A6BE

#A2A6BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.035 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A6BE
RGB	rgb(162, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(231, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 3.51, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 13.25, 285.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0049 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.035 278)
XYZ	xyz(37.8287, 38.6710, 54.1765)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A6BE #BEBAA2

analogous

#A2B4BE #A2A6BE #ACA2BE

triadic

#A2A6BE #BEA2A6 #A6BEA2

tetradic

#A2A6BE #BEA2B4 #BEBAA2 #A2BEAC

square

#A2A6BE #BEA2B4 #BEBAA2 #A2BEAC

split-complementary

#A2A6BE #BEACA2 #B4BEA2

monochromatic

#5E6487 #7E84A5 #A2A6BE #C6C8D7 #EAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A2A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A2A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A6BE

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A6BE	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.035 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc0d1',
    500: '#a2a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a6be;
$custom-light: #bdc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.03491,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.38672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A6BE

secondary

#E2E1DA

accent

#90499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A6BE

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

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