#A2A8B2#A2A8B2

#A2A8B2 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8B2
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(218, 9%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(218, 9%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -0.12, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 5.87, 268.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0026 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9371, 38.9006, 47.6734)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8B2 #B2ACA2

analogous

#A2B0B2 #A2A8B2 #A4A2B2

triadic

#A2A8B2 #B2A2A8 #A8B2A2

tetradic

#A2A8B2 #B2A2B0 #B2ACA2 #A2B2A4

square

#A2A8B2 #B2A2B0 #B2ACA2 #A2B2A4

split-complementary

#A2A8B2 #B2A4A2 #B0B2A2

monochromatic

#636A77 #818996 #A2A8B2 #C3C7CE #E5E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A2A8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A2A8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8B2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8B2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1c9',
    500: '#a2a8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8b2;
$custom-light: #bdc1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 9.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72991,
    "c": 0.01596,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8B2

secondary

#DAD9D5

accent

#7B5293

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8B2

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

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