#A2A8BC#A2A8BC

#A2A8BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.030 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8BC
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(226, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 1.98, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 11.14, 280.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% 0.0012 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.03 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9780, 39.3170, 53.1553)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8BC #BCB6A2

analogous

#A2B5BC #A2A8BC #A9A2BC

triadic

#A2A8BC #BCA2A8 #A8BCA2

tetradic

#A2A8BC #BCA2B5 #BCB6A2 #A2BCA9

square

#A2A8BC #BCA2B5 #BCB6A2 #A2BCA9

split-complementary

#A2A8BC #BCA9A2 #B5BCA2

monochromatic

#5F6884 #7E87A2 #A2A8BC #C6C9D6 #E9EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A2A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A2A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8BC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8BC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.030 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1d0',
    500: '#a2a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8bc;
$custom-light: #bdc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.02964,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8BC

secondary

#E1DFD9

accent

#884B9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8BC

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

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