#899CBD#899CBD

#899CBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.053 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CBD
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(218, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 0.89, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 19.27, 272.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0079 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.053 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3877, 32.7684, 52.8054)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CBD #BDAA89

analogous

#89B6BD #899CBD #9089BD

triadic

#899CBD #BD899C #9CBD89

tetradic

#899CBD #BD89B6 #BDAA89 #89BD90

square

#899CBD #BD89B6 #BDAA89 #89BD90

split-complementary

#899CBD #BD9089 #B6BD89

monochromatic

#495E83 #627BA7 #899CBD #B0BDD3 #D7DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#899CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#899CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CBD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CBD	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)

#919EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.053 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9d1',
    500: '#899cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cbd;
$custom-light: #acb9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.077,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68959,
    "c": 0.05339,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CBD

secondary

#DAD3C8

accent

#813FA7

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CBD

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

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