#899090#899090

#899090 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.008 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899090
RGB	rgb(137, 144, 144)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -2.54, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 2.69, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0078 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.008 197)
XYZ	xyz(25.3228, 27.2783, 30.3113)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899090 #908989

analogous

#89908C #899090 #898C90

triadic

#899090 #908990 #909089

tetradic

#899090 #8C8990 #908989 #8C9089

square

#899090 #8C8990 #908989 #8C9089

split-complementary

#899090 #90898C #908C89

monochromatic

#4D5252 #6B7171 #899090 #A9AEAE #C8CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#899090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#899090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #899090

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899090	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)

#8F8F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 144, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.008 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb0b0',
    500: '#899090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899090;
$custom-light: #abb0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.057,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64758,
    "c": 0.00818,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899090

secondary

#BCB9B9

accent

#7C7CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #899090

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

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