#899CB5#899CB5

#899CB5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.043 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CB5
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(214, 23%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(214, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -1.05, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 15.22, 266.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0108 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.043 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5432, 32.4306, 48.3576)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CB5 #B5A289

analogous

#89B2B5 #899CB5 #8C89B5

triadic

#899CB5 #B5899C #9CB589

tetradic

#899CB5 #B589B2 #B5A289 #89B58C

square

#899CB5 #B589B2 #B5A289 #89B58C

split-complementary

#899CB5 #B58C89 #B2B589

monochromatic

#4B5F78 #637C9D #899CB5 #AFBCCD #D4DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#899CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#899CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CB5

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CB5	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7DA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.043 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9cb',
    500: '#899cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cb5;
$custom-light: #acb9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.091,
    "s": 22.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68651,
    "c": 0.04282,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CB5

secondary

#D5CEC5

accent

#7944A1

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101113

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CB5

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

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