#899CB3#899CB3

#899CB3 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.040 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CB3
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(213, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(213, 23%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -1.52, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 14.24, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0116 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.04 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3395, 32.3491, 47.2846)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CB3 #B3A089

analogous

#89B1B3 #899CB3 #8B89B3

triadic

#899CB3 #B3899C #9CB389

tetradic

#899CB3 #B389B1 #B3A089 #89B38B

square

#899CB3 #B389B1 #B3A089 #89B38B

split-complementary

#899CB3 #B38B89 #B1B389

monochromatic

#4C5F76 #647D9B #899CB3 #AEBBCB #D3DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#899CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#899CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CB3

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CB3	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.040 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9c9',
    500: '#899cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cb3;
$custom-light: #acb9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.857,
    "s": 21.649,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68576,
    "c": 0.04029,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CB3

secondary

#D4CDC4

accent

#7745A0

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CB3

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

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