#899BE9#899BE9

#899BE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899BE9
RGB	rgb(137, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(229, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 13.07, -41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 43.38, 287.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0065 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.116 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7414, 34.6425, 81.8257)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899BE9 #E9D789

analogous

#89CBE9 #899BE9 #A789E9

triadic

#899BE9 #E9899B #9BE989

tetradic

#899BE9 #E989CB #E9D789 #89E9A7

square

#899BE9 #E989CB #E9D789 #89E9A7

split-complementary

#899BE9 #E9A789 #CBE989

monochromatic

#2747D1 #556FDF #899BE9 #BDC7F3 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#899BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#899BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899BE9

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899BE9	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb8f0',
    500: '#899be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899be9;
$custom-light: #afb8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70705,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899BE9

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#AD15D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899BE9

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

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