#899BDD#899BDD

#899BDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BDD
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 221)
HSL	hsl(227, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 29.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 9.76, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 36.88, 285.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0034 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.099 272)
XYZ	xyz(35.0851, 33.9800, 73.1027)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BDD #DDCB89

analogous

#89C5DD #899BDD #A189DD

triadic

#899BDD #DD899B #9BDD89

tetradic

#899BDD #DD89C5 #DDCB89 #89DDA1

square

#899BDD #DD89C5 #DDCB89 #89DDA1

split-complementary

#899BDD #DDA189 #C5DD89

monochromatic

#3551B7 #5973CF #899BDD #B9C3EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#899BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#899BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BDD

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BDD	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb8e8',
    500: '#899bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899bdd;
$custom-light: #aeb8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70128,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.33982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BDD

secondary

#EDE8D5

accent

#A023C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BDD

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

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