#899B97#899B97

#899B97 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.021 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899B97
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(167, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -7.19, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 7.19, 180.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0213 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.021 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6225, 30.9949, 33.7995)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899B97 #9B898D

analogous

#899B8E #899B97 #89969B

triadic

#899B97 #97899B #9B9789

tetradic

#899B97 #8E899B #9B898D #969B89

square

#899B97 #8E899B #9B898D #969B89

split-complementary

#899B97 #9B8996 #9B8E89

monochromatic

#4E5C59 #6A7D79 #899B97 #AAB7B4 #CBD3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#899B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#899B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899B97

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899B97	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.021 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb8b5',
    500: '#899b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899b97;
$custom-light: #abb8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 8.257,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67406,
    "c": 0.02126,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899B97

secondary

#C4BCBE

accent

#7784B1

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #899B97

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

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