#899CD5#899CD5

#899CD5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.087 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CD5
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(225, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 7.04, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 32.02, 282.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0002 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.087 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2117, 33.8980, 67.6782)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CD5 #D5C289

analogous

#89C2D5 #899CD5 #9C89D5

triadic

#899CD5 #D5899C #9CD589

tetradic

#899CD5 #D589C2 #D5C289 #89D59C

square

#899CD5 #D589C2 #D5C289 #89D59C

split-complementary

#899CD5 #D59C89 #C2D589

monochromatic

#3C57A8 #5C76C5 #899CD5 #B6C2E5 #E3E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#899CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#899CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CD5

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CD5	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.087 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9e2',
    500: '#899cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cd5;
$custom-light: #adb9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.08677,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CD5

secondary

#E8E3D2

accent

#972BBB

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CD5

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

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