#899CA4#899CA4

#899CA4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.025 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CA4
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(198, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 16%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -4.96, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 8.12, 232.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0174 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.025 225)
XYZ	xyz(28.9041, 31.7749, 39.7251)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899CA4 #A49189

analogous

#89A49F #899CA4 #898FA4

triadic

#899CA4 #A4899C #9CA489

tetradic

#899CA4 #9F89A4 #A49189 #8FA489

square

#899CA4 #9F89A4 #A49189 #8FA489

split-complementary

#899CA4 #A4898F #A49F89

monochromatic

#4E5E65 #687E87 #899CA4 #ACB9BF #CED6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#899CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#899CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CA4

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CA4	1.00	2.86	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#829F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.025 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9bf',
    500: '#899ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ca4;
$custom-light: #abb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 12.919,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68046,
    "c": 0.02458,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.31776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CA4

secondary

#CAC2BF

accent

#8672B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CA4

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

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