#899CBE#899CBE

#899CBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.055 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CBE
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(218, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(218, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 1.14, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 19.79, 273.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0076 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.055 262)
XYZ	xyz(31.4967, 32.8120, 53.3790)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899CBE #BEAB89

analogous

#89B7BE #899CBE #9189BE

triadic

#899CBE #BE899C #9CBE89

tetradic

#899CBE #BE89B7 #BEAB89 #89BE91

square

#899CBE #BE89B7 #BEAB89 #89BE91

split-complementary

#899CBE #BE9189 #B7BE89

monochromatic

#495E84 #627BA8 #899CBE #B0BDD4 #D8DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#899CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#899CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CBE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CBE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BA3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.055 262.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.491,
    "s": 28.962,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68998,
    "c": 0.05474,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.32813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CBE

secondary

#DBD4C8

accent

#823EA8

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101114

muted

#7F8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CBE

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

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