#898BB1#898BB1

#898BB1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.057 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898BB1
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(237, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(237, 23%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 7.64, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 21.55, 290.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0121 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.057 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4830, 26.9574, 45.3418)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898BB1 #B1AF89

analogous

#899FB1 #898BB1 #9B89B1

triadic

#898BB1 #B1898B #8BB189

tetradic

#898BB1 #B1899F #B1AF89 #89B19B

square

#898BB1 #B1899F #B1AF89 #89B19B

split-complementary

#898BB1 #B19B89 #9FB189

monochromatic

#4C4E73 #656798 #898BB1 #AEAFC9 #D3D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#898BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#898BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898BB1

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898BB1	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#809298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.057 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacc8',
    500: '#898bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898bb1;
$custom-light: #acacc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 20.408,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64881,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898BB1

secondary

#D2D2C3

accent

#9A479F

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#101013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #898BB1

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

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