#A2A8BB#A2A8BB

#A2A8BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.028 H 271.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8BB
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(226, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 1.76, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 10.60, 279.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0009 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.028 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8706, 39.2740, 52.5895)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8BB #BBB5A2

analogous

#A2B4BB #A2A8BB #A8A2BB

triadic

#A2A8BB #BBA2A8 #A8BBA2

tetradic

#A2A8BB #BBA2B4 #BBB5A2 #A2BBA8

square

#A2A8BB #BBA2B4 #BBB5A2 #A2BBA8

split-complementary

#A2A8BB #BBA8A2 #B4BBA2

monochromatic

#606883 #7F87A1 #A2A8BB #C5C9D5 #E9EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A2A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A2A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8BB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8BB	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)

#A3A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.028 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1cf',
    500: '#a2a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8bb;
$custom-light: #bdc1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 15.528,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.02823,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8BB

secondary

#E0DED9

accent

#874C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8BB

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

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