#899E97#899E97

#899E97 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.026 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899E97
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 10%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 13%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -8.82, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 8.89, 172.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0256 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.026 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1280, 32.0059, 33.9680)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899E97 #9E8990

analogous

#899E8C #899E97 #899A9E

triadic

#899E97 #97899E #9E9789

tetradic

#899E97 #8C899E #9E8990 #9A9E89

square

#899E97 #8C899E #9E8990 #9A9E89

split-complementary

#899E97 #9E899A #9E8C89

monochromatic

#4E5F59 #698079 #899E97 #ABBAB5 #CCD5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#899E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#899E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899E97

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899E97	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#849F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.026 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abbab5',
    500: '#899e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899e97;
$custom-light: #abbab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 9.767,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68075,
    "c": 0.0258,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899E97

secondary

#C6BDC0

accent

#758AB3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #899E97

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

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