#89909C#89909C

#89909C is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.020 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#89909C
RGB	rgb(137, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(218, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -0.02, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 7.21, 269.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.003 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.02 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2892, 27.6648, 35.4009)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#89909C #9C9589

analogous

#899A9C #89909C #8B899C

triadic

#89909C #9C8990 #909C89

tetradic

#89909C #9C899A #9C9589 #899C8B

square

#89909C #9C899A #9C9589 #899C8B

split-complementary

#89909C #9C8B89 #9A9C89

monochromatic

#4E535D #6A717E #89909C #AAAFB8 #CCCFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#89909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#89909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #89909C

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##89909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##89909C	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#8C909D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #89909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.020 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb0b9',
    500: '#89909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #89909c;
$custom-light: #abb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#89909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 8.756,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65154,
    "c": 0.01962,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#89909C

secondary

#C4C1BD

accent

#9C76B2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #89909C

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

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