#899BE5#899BE5

#899BE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BE5
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 229)
HSL	hsl(228, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 32.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 11.96, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 41.22, 286.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0055 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.111 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1765, 34.4165, 78.8504)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899BE5 #E5D389

analogous

#89C9E5 #899BE5 #A589E5

triadic

#899BE5 #E5899B #9BE589

tetradic

#899BE5 #E589C9 #E5D389 #89E5A5

square

#899BE5 #E589C9 #E5D389 #89E5A5

split-complementary

#899BE5 #E5A589 #C9E589

monochromatic

#2C4AC8 #5771DA #899BE5 #BBC6F0 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#899BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#899BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BE5

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BE5	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CAAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8ed',
    500: '#899be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899be5;
$custom-light: #afb8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70509,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BE5

secondary

#F1ECD9

accent

#A91ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BE5

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

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