#899BB5#899BB5

#899BB5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.044 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BB5
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(215, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(215, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -0.49, -15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 15.61, 268.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0094 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.044 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3761, 32.0964, 48.3019)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BB5 #B5A389

analogous

#89B1B5 #899BB5 #8D89B5

triadic

#899BB5 #B5899B #9BB589

tetradic

#899BB5 #B589B1 #B5A389 #89B58D

square

#899BB5 #B589B1 #B5A389 #89B58D

split-complementary

#899BB5 #B58D89 #B1B589

monochromatic

#4B5E78 #637B9D #899BB5 #AFBBCD #D4DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#899BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#899BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BB5

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BB5	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.044 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb8cb',
    500: '#899bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899bb5;
$custom-light: #acb8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 22.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68435,
    "c": 0.04361,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BB5

secondary

#D5CEC5

accent

#7B44A1

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BB5

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

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