#A2AAA5#A2AAA5

#A2AAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.011 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2AAA5
RGB	rgb(162, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(143, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(143, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -3.78, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 4.11, 157.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0107 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.011 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0653, 39.1472, 41.2461)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2AAA5 #AAA2A7

analogous

#A3AAA2 #A2AAA5 #A2AAA9

triadic

#A2AAA5 #A5A2AA #AAA5A2

tetradic

#A2AAA5 #A2A3AA #AAA2A7 #AAA9A2

square

#A2AAA5 #A2A3AA #AAA2A7 #AAA9A2

split-complementary

#A2AAA5 #A9A2AA #AAA2A3

monochromatic

#646E68 #828D86 #A2AAA5 #C2C7C4 #E2E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A2AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A2AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2AAA5

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2AAA5	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.011 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc3bf',
    500: '#a2aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2aaa5;
$custom-light: #bdc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.5,
    "s": 4.494,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.01149,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2AAA5

secondary

#D5D3D4

accent

#577A8E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2AAA5

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

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