#899BC5#899BC5

#899BC5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.065 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BC5
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(222, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(222, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 3.45, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 23.95, 278.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0038 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.065 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1131, 32.7911, 57.4498)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BC5 #C5B389

analogous

#89B9C5 #899BC5 #9589C5

triadic

#899BC5 #C5899B #9BC589

tetradic

#899BC5 #C589B9 #C5B389 #89C595

square

#899BC5 #C589B9 #C5B389 #89C595

split-complementary

#899BC5 #C59589 #B9C589

monochromatic

#465B8E #6078B1 #899BC5 #B2BED9 #DBE1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#899BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#899BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BC5

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BC5	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9EC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.065 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d6',
    500: '#899bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899bc5;
$custom-light: #adb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 34.091,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69069,
    "c": 0.06542,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BC5

secondary

#DFD9CB

accent

#8A39AD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BC5

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

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