#A2BFBC

sRGB: 162 / 191 / 188

Radiant blossoms drift beyond memory
Restless constellations transform the fabric of existence
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#A2BFBC belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 162 red, 191 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 173.8° lands in the cyan region. Its 18.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (10.71:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 162, 191, 188
HSL: 173.79°, 18.47%, 69.22%
HSV / HSB: 173.79°, 15.18%, 74.90%
CMYK (approx.): 15.18%, 0.00%, 1.57%, 25.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 42.606, 48.573, 54.709
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 75.185, -10.376, -1.773
WCAG relative luminance: 0.48574
24-bit decimal: 10665916

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A2BFBC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 10.71:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.96:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BFA2A5 sits half a turn (180°) from #A2BFBC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A2BFBC #BFA2A5

Analogous

#A2BFAE and #A2B3BF sit 30° to either side of #A2BFBC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A2BFAE #A2BFBC #A2B3BF

Triadic

#A2BFBC, #BCA2BF and #BFBCA2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A2BFBC #BCA2BF #BFBCA2

Split complementary

Start at #A2BFBC and look across the wheel. #BFA2B3 and #BFAEA2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A2BFBC #BFA2B3 #BFAEA2

Square

Starting with #A2BFBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AEA2BF, #BFA2A5, then #B3BFA2. Across the square, #A2BFBC pairs with #BFA2A5, and #AEA2BF with #B3BFA2.

#A2BFBC #AEA2BF #BFA2A5 #B3BFA2

Tetradic

#A2BFBC and #BFA2A5 are opposites, as are #A2A5BF and #BFBCA2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A2BFBC #A2A5BF #BFA2A5 #BFBCA2

Tints

Mixing #A2BFBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B5CCC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #ECF2F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#A2BFBC #B5CCC9 #C7D9D7 #DAE5E4 #ECF2F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A2BFBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #829996, keeps 80% of the original. By #202626, the mixture is 80% black.

#A2BFBC #829996 #617371 #414C4B #202626 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A2BFBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9BB2B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #878D8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A2BFBC #9BB2B0 #94A6A4 #8E9998 #878D8C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A2BFBC

RGB

rgb(162 191 188)

HSL

hsl(173.793 18.471% 69.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A2BFBC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A2BFBC uses 162 red, 191 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 63.5%

Green 74.9%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A2BFBC is 15.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 1.6% yellow and 25.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 15.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 1.6%

Black 25.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AABBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ABB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A2BFBC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AABBBB Nearest web-safe: #99CCCC

Gradient to complement

#A2BFBC #A7BAB8 #ACB5B4 #B1B1B1 #B5ACAD #BAA7A9 #BFA2A5

Color vision previews

Compare how #A2BFBC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#B6B7BC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#9AC1BE

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B3BCBC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B0BABC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A2BFBD

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#B9B9B9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#AEBCBB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.36131 G 0.52100 B 0.50289

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.65737 G 0.74560 B 0.73653

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.38966 G 0.51569 B 0.50178

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.292 y 0.333 Y 48.573

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 36.471 M % 25.098 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10100010 10111111 10111100