#899BC8#899BC8

#899BC8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.070 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BC8
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(223, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 4.22, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 25.55, 279.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0029 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.07 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4602, 32.9300, 59.2782)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BC8 #C8B689

analogous

#89BAC8 #899BC8 #9689C8

triadic

#899BC8 #C8899B #9BC889

tetradic

#899BC8 #C889BA #C8B689 #89C896

square

#899BC8 #C889BA #C8B689 #89C896

split-complementary

#899BC8 #C89689 #BAC889

monochromatic

#445B92 #5F78B5 #899BC8 #B3BEDB #DCE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#899BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#899BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BC8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BC8	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.070 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d8',
    500: '#899bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899bc8;
$custom-light: #adb8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69195,
    "c": 0.06963,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BC8

secondary

#E1DBCC

accent

#8D36AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BC8

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

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