#A2A8BE#A2A8BE

#A2A8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.032 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8BE
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(227, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(227, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 2.41, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 12.22, 281.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.002 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.032 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1951, 39.4038, 54.2986)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8BE #BEB8A2

analogous

#A2B6BE #A2A8BE #AAA2BE

triadic

#A2A8BE #BEA2A8 #A8BEA2

tetradic

#A2A8BE #BEA2B6 #BEB8A2 #A2BEAA

square

#A2A8BE #BEA2B6 #BEB8A2 #A2BEAA

split-complementary

#A2A8BE #BEAAA2 #B6BEA2

monochromatic

#5E6787 #7E86A5 #A2A8BE #C6CAD7 #EAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A2A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A2A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8BE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8BE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.032 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1d1',
    500: '#a2a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8be;
$custom-light: #bdc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73397,
    "c": 0.03245,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8BE

secondary

#E2E0DA

accent

#8A499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8BE

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

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