#899BBB#899BBB

#899BBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.052 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BBB
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(218, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 0.96, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 18.68, 272.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0073 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.052 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0050, 32.3479, 51.6143)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BBB #BBA989

analogous

#89B4BB #899BBB #9089BB

triadic

#899BBB #BB899B #9BBB89

tetradic

#899BBB #BB89B4 #BBA989 #89BB90

square

#899BBB #BB89B4 #BBA989 #89BB90

split-complementary

#899BBB #BB9089 #B4BB89

monochromatic

#4A5D80 #627AA5 #899BBB #B0BCD1 #D7DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#899BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#899BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BBB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BBB	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.052 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb8cf',
    500: '#899bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899bbb;
$custom-light: #acb8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 26.882,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68666,
    "c": 0.05161,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BBB

secondary

#D9D2C7

accent

#8140A5

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BBB

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

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