#A2A8B4#A2A8B4

#A2A8B4 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.019 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8B4
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(220, 11%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(220, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, 0.29, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 6.90, 272.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0018 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.019 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1394, 38.9816, 48.7387)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8B4 #B4AEA2

analogous

#A2B1B4 #A2A8B4 #A5A2B4

triadic

#A2A8B4 #B4A2A8 #A8B4A2

tetradic

#A2A8B4 #B4A2B1 #B4AEA2 #A2B4A5

square

#A2A8B4 #B4A2B1 #B4AEA2 #A2B4A5

split-complementary

#A2A8B4 #B4A5A2 #B1B4A2

monochromatic

#626A7A #808899 #A2A8B4 #C4C8CF #E6E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A2A8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#A2A8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8B4

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8B4	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.019 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1ca',
    500: '#a2a8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8b4;
$custom-light: #bdc1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 10.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.0186,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8B4

secondary

#DCDAD6

accent

#7E5195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8B4

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

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