#A2A8BA#A2A8BA

#A2A8BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.027 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8BA
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(225, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 1.55, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 10.07, 278.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0005 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.027 271)
XYZ	xyz(37.7639, 39.2314, 52.0277)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8BA #BAB4A2

analogous

#A2B4BA #A2A8BA #A8A2BA

triadic

#A2A8BA #BAA2A8 #A8BAA2

tetradic

#A2A8BA #BAA2B4 #BAB4A2 #A2BAA8

square

#A2A8BA #BAA2B4 #BAB4A2 #A2BAA8

split-complementary

#A2A8BA #BAA8A2 #B4BAA2

monochromatic

#606882 #7F87A0 #A2A8BA #C5C9D4 #E8EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A2A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A2A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8BA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8BA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.027 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1ce',
    500: '#a2a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8ba;
$custom-light: #bdc1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 14.815,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73258,
    "c": 0.02683,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.39232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8BA

secondary

#E0DED8

accent

#864C99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8BA

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

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