#898BD6#898BD6

#898BD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.111 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898BD6
RGB	rgb(137, 139, 214)
HSL	hsl(238, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(238, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 35%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, 17.11, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 42.29, 293.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% 0.0226 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.111 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6833, 28.6376, 67.4635)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898BD6 #D6D489

analogous

#89B2D6 #898BD6 #AE89D6

triadic

#898BD6 #D6898B #8BD689

tetradic

#898BD6 #D689B2 #D6D489 #89D6AE

square

#898BD6 #D689B2 #D6D489 #89D6AE

split-complementary

#898BD6 #D6AE89 #B2D689

monochromatic

#3B3EAA #5C5EC6 #898BD6 #B6B8E6 #E4E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#898BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#898BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898BD6

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898BD6	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7395D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7499A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 139, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.111 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeace3',
    500: '#898bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898bd6;
$custom-light: #aeace3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.442,
    "s": 48.428,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66563,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898BD6

secondary

#E9E8D2

accent

#B82ABC

background

#FAFAFD

surface

#F5F4FB

border

#CFCED4

text

#101015

muted

#7F7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #898BD6

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

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