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Color#a2bcbergb(162, 188, 190) · blue

#a2bcbe color

Values, variations, harmonies, an accessible palette and ready-to-paste CSS for #a2bcbe.

Color values

The same color written in every notation you are likely to need. Click any row to copy it.

What HEX means

#a2bcbe packs three channels into hexadecimal pairs from 00 to FF: a2 red, bc green, be blue.

What RGB means

Red 162, green 188, blue 190 — each from 0 to 255. It is the same color as the hex above, just in decimal.

What HSL means

Hue 184° (blue), saturation 18%, lightness 69%. HSL is handy when you want the same hue a little lighter or less saturated.

Why OKLCH

OKLCH is a perceptual space — changing its lightness (77.6%) matches how your eye reads brightness far better than HSL, which is why the palette below is generated in it.

Accessibility & contrast

WCAG requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text at level AA. Use this to decide whether white or black text belongs on this color.

AaThis text is readable
White text2.01:1
AA AAA AA Large
AaThis text is readable
Black text10.47:1
AA AAA AA Large

Closest accessible alternative

Nudged in lightness to reach 4.5:1 while keeping the hue as close as possible.

Aa

For white text

#60797b

4.65:1

UI preview

How this color behaves in a real interface, not just as a square.

Badge

A paragraph with a themed link inside it.

Information

An alert accented with this color.

Progress

Tints & shades

A tint mixes the color toward white; a shade mixes it toward black. Click any swatch to open it.

Color harmonies

Schemes built by rotating the hue around the color wheel — the starting point for a coherent palette.

Complementary

Opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast.

Analogous

Neighbours on the wheel — calm and cohesive.

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart — vivid but balanced.

Split complementary

Softer than a straight complement.

Tetradic

Four hues — enough for a design system.

Palette generator

A Tailwind-style 50–950 ramp anchored on this color at step 500, generated in OKLCH so the steps feel evenly spaced.

:root {
  --primary-50: #f2f9fa;
  --primary-100: #e4eff0;
  --primary-200: #cdddde;
  --primary-300: #b1c5c7;
  --primary-400: #8fa7a8;
  --primary-500: #a2bcbe;
  --primary-600: #556d6e;
  --primary-700: #425759;
  --primary-800: #324546;
  --primary-900: #273739;
  --primary-950: #151f20;
}

Gradient

A linear blend from this color to its complement, with the CSS ready to paste.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2bcbe, #bea4a2);

Nearest named colors

The closest matches from a corpus of about 31,900 named colours, ranked by ΔE (CIEDE2000) — a measure of how different two colours look. ΔE under 1 is nearly indistinguishable; around 10 is clearly different.

CSS code

Every common way to use this color in a stylesheet or a component.

color: #a2bcbe;
background-color: #a2bcbe;
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2bcbe;
}
color: rgb(162 188 190);
color: oklch(77.6% 0.0285 202.26);
<div class="bg-[#a2bcbe]">…</div>