#899C99#899C99

#899C99 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.022 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899C99
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 9%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 12%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -7.32, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 7.35, 185.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0219 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.022 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9534, 31.3946, 34.7178)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899C99 #9C898C

analogous

#899C8F #899C99 #89969C

triadic

#899C99 #99899C #9C9989

tetradic

#899C99 #8F899C #9C898C #969C89

square

#899C99 #8F899C #9C898C #969C89

split-complementary

#899C99 #9C8996 #9C8F89

monochromatic

#4E5D5A #6A7E7B #899C99 #AAB8B6 #CCD4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#899C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#899C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899C99

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899C99	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.022 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9b7',
    500: '#899c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899c99;
$custom-light: #abb9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 8.756,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6769,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899C99

secondary

#C4BDBE

accent

#767FB2

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #899C99

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

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