#898CED#898CED

#898CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.142 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898CED
RGB	rgb(137, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(238, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(238, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 22.89, -49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 54.38, 294.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% 0.026 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.142 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9762, 30.1874, 84.0882)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898CED #EDEA89

analogous

#89BEED #898CED #B889ED

triadic

#898CED #ED898C #8CED89

tetradic

#898CED #ED89BE #EDEA89 #89EDB8

square

#898CED #ED89BE #EDEA89 #89EDB8

split-complementary

#898CED #EDB889 #BEED89

monochromatic

#2127DA #5458E5 #898CED #BEC0F5 #E4E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#898CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#898CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #898CED

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898CED	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6999F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6392EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69A0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.142 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0adf3',
    500: '#898ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898ced;
$custom-light: #b0adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67961,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898CED

secondary

#F3F2D8

accent

#D010D6

background

#FBFAFE

surface

#F6F4FD

border

#D0CED5

text

#111017

muted

#807F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #898CED

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

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