#A2A8A2#A2A8A2

#A2A8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A2A8A2
RGBrgb(162, 168, 162)
HSLhsl(120, 3%, 65%)
HSVhsv(120, 4%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(3.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.24, -3.27, 2.36)
CIE-LCHlch(68.24, 4.03, 144.24°)
OKLaboklab(72.5% -0.009 0.0062)
OKLCHoklch(72.5% 0.011 145.5)
XYZxyz(35.4234, 38.2951, 39.7009)
Luminance0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A2A8A2 #A8A2A8
analogous
#A5A8A2 #A2A8A2 #A2A8A5
triadic
#A2A8A2 #A2A2A8 #A8A2A2
tetradic
#A2A8A2 #A2A5A8 #A8A2A8 #A8A5A2
square
#A2A8A2 #A2A5A8 #A8A2A8 #A8A5A2
split-complementary
#A2A8A2 #A5A2A8 #A8A2A5
monochromatic
#646B64 #828A82 #A2A8A2 #C2C6C2 #E1E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#A2A8A2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#A2A8A2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8A2
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A2A8A2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A2A8A21.002.438.668.66
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8A7A2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7A6A2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A2A8A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a2a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.011 145.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1bd',
    500: '#a2a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a2a8a2;
$custom-light: #bdc1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a2a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.0109,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A2A8A2
secondary
#D4D2D4
accent
#588D8D
background
#FBFBFB
surface
#F6F7F6
border
#D0D0D0
text
#121212
muted
#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8A2

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#A2A8A2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva