#898EA2#898EA2

#898EA2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.030 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898EA2
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(228, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 2.43, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 11.43, 282.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0023 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.03 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5096, 27.2726, 38.0429)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898EA2 #A29D89

analogous

#899AA2 #898EA2 #9089A2

triadic

#898EA2 #A2898E #8EA289

tetradic

#898EA2 #A2899A #A29D89 #89A290

square

#898EA2 #A2899A #A29D89 #89A290

split-complementary

#898EA2 #A29089 #9AA289

monochromatic

#4E5263 #696E85 #898EA2 #ABAFBD #CDD0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#898EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#898EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898EA2

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898EA2	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8990A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.030 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafbd',
    500: '#898ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898ea2;
$custom-light: #abafbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 11.848,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64935,
    "c": 0.03031,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898EA2

secondary

#C8C6BE

accent

#A873B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #898EA2

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

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