#899DAD#899DAD

#899DAD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.033 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DAD
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(207, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -3.48, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 11.22, 251.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0153 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.033 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9143, 32.4486, 44.2142)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DAD #AD9989

analogous

#89ADAB #899DAD #898BAD

triadic

#899DAD #AD899D #9DAD89

tetradic

#899DAD #AB89AD #AD9989 #8BAD89

square

#899DAD #AB89AD #AD9989 #8BAD89

split-complementary

#899DAD #AD898B #ADAB89

monochromatic

#4D606F #667F93 #899DAD #ADBBC6 #D1D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#899DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#899DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DAD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DAD	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	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)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7FA1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.033 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9c5',
    500: '#899dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899dad;
$custom-light: #acb9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 18,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68576,
    "c": 0.03273,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DAD

secondary

#D0C8C2

accent

#6E499C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DAD

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

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