#899CA3#899CA3

#899CA3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.024 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CA3
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(196, 12%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -5.18, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 7.86, 228.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0178 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.024 222)
XYZ	xyz(28.8142, 31.7390, 39.2513)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899CA3 #A39089

analogous

#89A39D #899CA3 #898FA3

triadic

#899CA3 #A3899C #9CA389

tetradic

#899CA3 #9D89A3 #A39089 #8FA389

square

#899CA3 #9D89A3 #A39089 #8FA389

split-complementary

#899CA3 #A3898F #A39D89

monochromatic

#4E5E64 #697E86 #899CA3 #ABB9BE #CED6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#899CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#899CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CA3

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CA3	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.024 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9be',
    500: '#899ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ca3;
$custom-light: #abb9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 12.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68013,
    "c": 0.0239,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.3174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CA3

secondary

#C9C2BF

accent

#8573B5

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CA3

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

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