#899BB8#899BB8

#899BB8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.048 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BB8
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 184)
HSL	hsl(217, 25%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(217, 26%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 0.23, -17.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 17.13, 270.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0083 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.048 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6872, 32.2208, 49.9405)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BB8 #B8A689

analogous

#89B3B8 #899BB8 #8E89B8

triadic

#899BB8 #B8899B #9BB889

tetradic

#899BB8 #B889B3 #B8A689 #89B88E

square

#899BB8 #B889B3 #B8A689 #89B88E

split-complementary

#899BB8 #B88E89 #B3B889

monochromatic

#4B5E7C #637BA1 #899BB8 #AFBBCF #D5DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#899BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#899BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BB8

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BB8	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.048 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb8cd',
    500: '#899bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899bb8;
$custom-light: #acb8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.021,
    "s": 24.868,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6855,
    "c": 0.04758,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BB8

secondary

#D7D0C6

accent

#7E42A3

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BB8

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

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