#899BC9#899BC9

#899BC9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.071 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BC9
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(223, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(223, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 4.47, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 26.08, 279.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0026 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.071 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5775, 32.9769, 59.8957)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BC9 #C9B789

analogous

#89BBC9 #899BC9 #9789C9

triadic

#899BC9 #C9899B #9BC989

tetradic

#899BC9 #C989BB #C9B789 #89C997

square

#899BC9 #C989BB #C9B789 #89C997

split-complementary

#899BC9 #C99789 #BBC989

monochromatic

#445A94 #5F77B6 #899BC9 #B3BFDC #DDE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#899BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#899BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BC9

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BC9	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.071 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb8d9',
    500: '#899bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899bc9;
$custom-light: #adb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.125,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69237,
    "c": 0.07103,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BC9

secondary

#E1DBCC

accent

#8E35B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BC9

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

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