#898EA3#898EA3

#898EA3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.032 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898EA3
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(228, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 2.66, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 11.98, 282.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0027 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.032 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5989, 27.3083, 38.5129)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898EA3 #A39E89

analogous

#899BA3 #898EA3 #9189A3

triadic

#898EA3 #A3898E #8EA389

tetradic

#898EA3 #A3899B #A39E89 #89A391

square

#898EA3 #A3899B #A39E89 #89A391

split-complementary

#898EA3 #A39189 #9BA389

monochromatic

#4E5264 #696E86 #898EA3 #ABAFBE #CED0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#898EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#898EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898EA3

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898EA3	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.032 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafbe',
    500: '#898ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898ea3;
$custom-light: #abafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.462,
    "s": 12.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64972,
    "c": 0.03178,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898EA3

secondary

#C9C7BF

accent

#A873B5

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #898EA3

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

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