#899DAB#899DAB

#899DAB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.031 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DAB
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 171)
HSL	hsl(205, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -3.94, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 10.41, 247.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.016 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.031 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7222, 32.3718, 43.2026)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DAB #AB9789

analogous

#89ABA8 #899DAB #898CAB

triadic

#899DAB #AB899D #9DAB89

tetradic

#899DAB #A889AB #AB9789 #8CAB89

square

#899DAB #A889AB #AB9789 #8CAB89

split-complementary

#899DAB #AB898C #ABA889

monochromatic

#4D606C #677F90 #899DAB #ADBBC4 #D1D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#899DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#899DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DAB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#979CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.031 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9c4',
    500: '#899dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899dab;
$custom-light: #acb9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 16.832,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68506,
    "c": 0.03066,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DAB

secondary

#CEC7C1

accent

#6C4A9B

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DAB

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

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