#89909B#89909B

#89909B is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.018 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#89909B
RGB	rgb(137, 144, 155)
HSL	hsl(217, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(217, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -0.24, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 6.69, 267.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0034 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.018 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2049, 27.6311, 34.9567)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#89909B #9B9489

analogous

#89999B #89909B #8B899B

triadic

#89909B #9B8990 #909B89

tetradic

#89909B #9B8999 #9B9489 #899B8B

square

#89909B #9B8999 #9B9489 #899B8B

split-complementary

#89909B #9B8B89 #999B89

monochromatic

#4E535C #6A717D #89909B #AAAFB7 #CBCED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#89909B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#89909B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #89909B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##89909B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##89909B	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #89909b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 144, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.018 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb0b8',
    500: '#89909b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #89909b;
$custom-light: #abb0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#89909b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 8.257,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65119,
    "c": 0.01829,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#89909B

secondary

#C4C1BC

accent

#9A77B1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #89909B

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

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