#899BE6#899BE6

#899BE6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BE6
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(228, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 12.23, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 41.76, 287.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0057 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.112 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3165, 34.4725, 79.5879)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BE6 #E6D489

analogous

#89CAE6 #899BE6 #A689E6

triadic

#899BE6 #E6899B #9BE689

tetradic

#899BE6 #E689CA #E6D489 #89E6A6

square

#899BE6 #E689CA #E6D489 #89E6A6

split-complementary

#899BE6 #E6A689 #CAE689

monochromatic

#2B4ACA #5770DB #899BE6 #BCC6F1 #E6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#899BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#899BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BE6

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BE6	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BAAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8ee',
    500: '#899be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899be6;
$custom-light: #afb8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.387,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BE6

secondary

#F1EDDA

accent

#AA19CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BE6

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

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