#89979D#89979D

#89979D is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.018 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#89979D
RGB	rgb(137, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 9%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -3.72, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 6.11, 232.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0129 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.018 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4675, 29.8854, 36.2131)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#89979D #9D8F89

analogous

#899D99 #89979D #898D9D

triadic

#89979D #9D8997 #979D89

tetradic

#89979D #99899D #9D8F89 #8D9D89

square

#89979D #99899D #9D8F89 #8D9D89

split-complementary

#89979D #9D898D #9D9989

monochromatic

#4E595E #6A797F #89979D #AAB4B9 #CCD2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#89979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#89979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #89979D

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##89979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##89979D	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #89979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.018 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb5b9',
    500: '#89979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #89979d;
$custom-light: #abb5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#89979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 9.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66714,
    "c": 0.01839,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#89979D

secondary

#C5BFBD

accent

#8876B2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #89979D

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

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