#898BBD#898BBD

#898BBD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.074 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898BBD
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(238, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(238, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 10.59, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 28.31, 291.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0159 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.074 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7321, 27.4570, 51.9202)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898BBD #BDBB89

analogous

#89A5BD #898BBD #A189BD

triadic

#898BBD #BD898B #8BBD89

tetradic

#898BBD #BD89A5 #BDBB89 #89BDA1

square

#898BBD #BD89A5 #BDBB89 #89BDA1

split-complementary

#898BBD #BDA189 #A5BD89

monochromatic

#494B83 #6264A7 #898BBD #B0B2D3 #D7D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#898BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#898BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898BBD

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898BBD	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D91BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C949C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.074 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacd1',
    500: '#898bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898bbd;
$custom-light: #acacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6539,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898BBD

secondary

#DAD9C8

accent

#A33FA7

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F9

border

#CECED2

text

#101014

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #898BBD

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

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