#8899D8#8899D8

#8899D8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.095 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8899D8
RGB	rgb(136, 153, 216)
HSL	hsl(227, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(227, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 29.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 9.28, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 35.30, 285.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0036 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.095 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9356, 32.9731, 69.5288)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8899D8 #D8C788

analogous

#88C1D8 #8899D8 #9F88D8

triadic

#8899D8 #D88899 #99D888

tetradic

#8899D8 #D888C1 #D8C788 #88D89F

square

#8899D8 #D888C1 #D8C788 #88D89F

split-complementary

#8899D8 #D89F88 #C1D888

monochromatic

#3951AD #5A71C9 #8899D8 #B6C1E7 #E4E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8899D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#8899D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8899D8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8899D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8899D8	1.00	2.76	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8899d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 153, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.095 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb6e4',
    500: '#8899d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8899d8;
$custom-light: #adb6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8899d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.25,
    "s": 50.633,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69415,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8899D8

secondary

#EAE5D2

accent

#9E28BE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #8899D8

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

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