#899CA9#899CA9

#899CA9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.029 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CA9
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(204, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 19%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -3.84, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 9.80, 246.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0154 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.029 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3646, 31.9591, 42.1500)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CA9 #A99689

analogous

#89A9A6 #899CA9 #898CA9

triadic

#899CA9 #A9899C #9CA989

tetradic

#899CA9 #A689A9 #A99689 #8CA989

square

#899CA9 #A689A9 #A99689 #8CA989

split-complementary

#899CA9 #A9898C #A9A689

monochromatic

#4D5E6A #677E8E #899CA9 #ACBAC3 #D0D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#899CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#899CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CA9

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CA9	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.029 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abb9c2',
    500: '#899ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ca9;
$custom-light: #abb9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 15.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68217,
    "c": 0.02888,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CA9

secondary

#CDC6C1

accent

#8D6FB8

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CA9

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

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