#899CCC#899CCC

#899CCC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.074 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CCC
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(223, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(223, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 4.68, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 27.18, 279.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0029 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.074 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1009, 33.4537, 61.8282)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CCC #CCB989

analogous

#89BECC #899CCC #9889CC

triadic

#899CCC #CC899C #9CCC89

tetradic

#899CCC #CC89BE #CCB989 #89CC98

square

#899CCC #CC89BE #CCB989 #89CC98

split-complementary

#899CCC #CC9889 #BECC89

monochromatic

#425B99 #5E78BA #899CCC #B4C0DE #DEE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#899CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#899CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CCC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CCC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.074 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9db',
    500: '#899ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ccc;
$custom-light: #adb9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.985,
    "s": 39.645,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.07412,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CCC

secondary

#E3DDCE

accent

#8E33B3

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CCC

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

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