#A2A9BE#A2A9BE

#A2A9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.031 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2A9BE
RGB	rgb(162, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(225, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 1.86, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 11.73, 279.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0005 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.031 271)
XYZ	xyz(38.3804, 39.7745, 54.3604)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2A9BE #BEB7A2

analogous

#A2B7BE #A2A9BE #A9A2BE

triadic

#A2A9BE #BEA2A9 #A9BEA2

tetradic

#A2A9BE #BEA2B7 #BEB7A2 #A2BEA9

square

#A2A9BE #BEA2B7 #BEB7A2 #A2BEA9

split-complementary

#A2A9BE #BEA9A2 #B7BEA2

monochromatic

#5E6987 #7E88A5 #A2A9BE #C6CAD7 #EAECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A2A9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A2A9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2A9BE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2A9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2A9BE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.031 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc2d1',
    500: '#a2a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2a9be;
$custom-light: #bdc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.0313,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.39775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2A9BE

secondary

#E2E0DA

accent

#87499C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2A9BE

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

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