#899CBC#899CBC

#899CBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.052 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CBC
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(218, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, 0.65, -18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 18.75, 271.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0083 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.052 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2796, 32.7251, 52.2357)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CBC #BCA989

analogous

#89B5BC #899CBC #8F89BC

triadic

#899CBC #BC899C #9CBC89

tetradic

#899CBC #BC89B5 #BCA989 #89BC8F

square

#899CBC #BC89B5 #BCA989 #89BC8F

split-complementary

#899CBC #BC8F89 #B5BC89

monochromatic

#495E81 #627BA6 #899CBC #B0BDD2 #D7DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#899CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#899CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CBC

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CBC	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.052 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9d0',
    500: '#899cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cbc;
$custom-light: #acb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.647,
    "s": 27.568,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.05204,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CBC

secondary

#D9D3C7

accent

#803FA6

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CBC

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

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