#899CD4#899CD4

#899CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.085 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CD4
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(225, 47%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(225, 35%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 6.78, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 31.48, 282.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0005 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.085 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0852, 33.8474, 67.0118)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CD4 #D4C189

analogous

#89C1D4 #899CD4 #9B89D4

triadic

#899CD4 #D4899C #9CD489

tetradic

#899CD4 #D489C1 #D4C189 #89D49B

square

#899CD4 #D489C1 #D4C189 #89D49B

split-complementary

#899CD4 #D49B89 #C1D489

monochromatic

#3D57A6 #5C76C4 #899CD4 #B6C2E4 #E3E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#899CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#899CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CD4

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CD4	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.085 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9e1',
    500: '#899cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cd4;
$custom-light: #adb9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.8,
    "s": 46.584,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.08536,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CD4

secondary

#E8E2D1

accent

#962CBA

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CD4

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

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