#899CA5#899CA5

#899CA5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.025 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CA5
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(199, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -4.73, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 8.41, 235.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.017 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.025 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9948, 31.8112, 40.2026)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899CA5 #A59289

analogous

#89A5A0 #899CA5 #898EA5

triadic

#899CA5 #A5899C #9CA589

tetradic

#899CA5 #A089A5 #A59289 #8EA589

square

#899CA5 #A089A5 #A59289 #8EA589

split-complementary

#899CA5 #A5898E #A5A089

monochromatic

#4E5E66 #687E89 #899CA5 #ACB9BF #CED6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#899CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#899CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CA5

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CA5	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	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)

#979BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.025 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9bf',
    500: '#899ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ca5;
$custom-light: #abb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 13.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6808,
    "c": 0.02533,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CA5

secondary

#CAC3BF

accent

#8872B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CA5

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

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