#899BDE#899BDE

#899BDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.101 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BDE
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 222)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 10.04, -36.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 37.42, 285.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0037 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.101 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2188, 34.0334, 73.8065)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BDE #DECC89

analogous

#89C5DE #899BDE #A189DE

triadic

#899BDE #DE899B #9BDE89

tetradic

#899BDE #DE89C5 #DECC89 #89DEA1

square

#899BDE #DE89C5 #DECC89 #89DEA1

split-complementary

#899BDE #DEA189 #C5DE89

monochromatic

#3450B9 #5972D1 #899BDE #B9C4EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#899BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#899BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BDE

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BDE	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.101 272.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.294,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70175,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BDE

secondary

#EDE8D6

accent

#A122C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BDE

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

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