#899CA8#899CA8

#899CA8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.028 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CA8
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(203, 15%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 18%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -4.06, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 9.43, 244.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0158 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.028 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2710, 31.9217, 41.6575)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CA8 #A89589

analogous

#89A8A5 #899CA8 #898DA8

triadic

#899CA8 #A8899C #9CA889

tetradic

#899CA8 #A589A8 #A89589 #8DA889

square

#899CA8 #A589A8 #A89589 #8DA889

split-complementary

#899CA8 #A8898D #A8A589

monochromatic

#4D5E69 #677E8C #899CA8 #ACBAC2 #CFD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#899CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#899CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CA8

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CA8	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#819FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.028 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9c1',
    500: '#899ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ca8;
$custom-light: #abb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 15.122,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68182,
    "c": 0.02792,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CA8

secondary

#CCC5C0

accent

#8C70B8

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CA8

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

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