#A2A8A6#A2A8A6

#A2A8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8A6
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(160, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -2.51, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 2.53, 173.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0073 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7846, 38.4396, 41.6033)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8A6 #A8A2A4

analogous

#A2A8A3 #A2A8A6 #A2A7A8

triadic

#A2A8A6 #A6A2A8 #A8A6A2

tetradic

#A2A8A6 #A3A2A8 #A8A2A4 #A7A8A2

square

#A2A8A6 #A3A2A8 #A8A2A4 #A7A8A2

split-complementary

#A2A8A6 #A8A2A7 #A8A3A2

monochromatic

#646B69 #828A88 #A2A8A6 #C2C6C4 #E1E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A2A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A2A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8A6

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8A6	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1c0',
    500: '#a2a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8a6;
$custom-light: #bdc1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.00738,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8A6

secondary

#D4D2D3

accent

#586A8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8A6

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

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