#A2A8BF#A2A8BF

#A2A8BF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.034 H 274.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A8BF
RGB	rgb(162, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(228, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 2.62, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 12.75, 281.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0023 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.034 274)
XYZ	xyz(38.3047, 39.4477, 54.8762)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A8BF #BFB9A2

analogous

#A2B7BF #A2A8BF #ABA2BF

triadic

#A2A8BF #BFA2A8 #A8BFA2

tetradic

#A2A8BF #BFA2B7 #BFB9A2 #A2BFAB

square

#A2A8BF #BFA2B7 #BFB9A2 #A2BFAB

split-complementary

#A2A8BF #BFABA2 #B7BFA2

monochromatic

#5E6789 #7E86A6 #A2A8BF #C6CAD8 #EBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A2A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A2A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A8BF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A8BF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.034 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc1d2',
    500: '#a2a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a8bf;
$custom-light: #bdc1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 18.471,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.03386,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.39448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A8BF

secondary

#E3E1DA

accent

#8B499D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A8BF

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

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