#A2A8A8#A2A8A8

#A2A8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8A8
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -2.12, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 2.25, 199.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0065 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(35.9695, 38.5136, 42.5771)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8A8 #A8A2A2

analogous

#A2A8A5 #A2A8A8 #A2A5A8

triadic

#A2A8A8 #A8A2A8 #A8A8A2

tetradic

#A2A8A8 #A5A2A8 #A8A2A2 #A5A8A2

square

#A2A8A8 #A5A2A8 #A8A2A2 #A5A8A2

split-complementary

#A2A8A8 #A8A2A5 #A8A5A2

monochromatic

#646B6B #828A8A #A2A8A8 #C2C6C6 #E1E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A2A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A2A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8A8

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8A8	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1c1',
    500: '#a2a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8a8;
$custom-light: #bdc1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.00683,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.38514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8A8

secondary

#D4D2D2

accent

#58588D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8A8

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

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