#A2CBC2 is a muted, temperate cyan. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #A2CBC2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A2CBC2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ash Gray keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ash Gray sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Ash Gray opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ash Gray is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Ash Gray carrying the quiet middle.
Ash Gray is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Ash Gray.
How #A2CBC2 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #A2CBC2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A2CBC2;
--color-base-rgb: 162 203 194;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.0% 0.045 180.2);
--color-50: #F5FAF9;
--color-100: #E5F1EE;
--color-200: #CBE2DD;
--color-300: #A6CAC2;
--color-400: #82B0A6;
--color-500: #629388;
--color-600: #4F726B;
--color-700: #3C534E;
--color-800: #2A3734;
--color-900: #1B2221;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ash-gray: {
50: '#F5FAF9',
100: '#E5F1EE',
200: '#CBE2DD',
300: '#A6CAC2',
400: '#82B0A6',
500: '#629388',
600: '#4F726B',
700: '#3C534E',
800: '#2A3734',
900: '#1B2221',
},
}
$base: #A2CBC2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF9; $base-100: #E5F1EE; $base-200: #CBE2DD; $base-300: #A6CAC2; $base-400: #82B0A6; $base-500: #629388; $base-600: #4F726B; $base-700: #3C534E; $base-800: #2A3734; $base-900: #1B2221; $base-hover: #75B1A4; $base-subtle: #E5EEEC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A2CBC2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F1EE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CBE2DD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A6CAC2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#82B0A6",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#629388",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4F726B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3C534E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3734",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2221",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}