#898EA4#898EA4

#898EA4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.033 H 275.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898EA4
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(229, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 2.88, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 12.54, 283.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0031 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.033 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6888, 27.3443, 38.9866)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898EA4 #A49F89

analogous

#899CA4 #898EA4 #9289A4

triadic

#898EA4 #A4898E #8EA489

tetradic

#898EA4 #A4899C #A49F89 #89A492

square

#898EA4 #A4899C #A49F89 #89A492

split-complementary

#898EA4 #A49289 #9CA489

monochromatic

#4E5265 #686E87 #898EA4 #ACAFBF #CED0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#898EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#898EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898EA4

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898EA4	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8890A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#839295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.033 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafbf',
    500: '#898ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898ea4;
$custom-light: #abafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.889,
    "s": 12.919,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65009,
    "c": 0.03323,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898EA4

secondary

#CAC8BF

accent

#A972B6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F7

border

#CECED0

text

#101012

muted

#7F7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #898EA4

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

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