#899CD6#899CD6

#899CD6 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.088 H 270.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CD6
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(225, 48%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 7.31, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 32.56, 282.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0001 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.088 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3390, 33.9489, 68.3488)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CD6 #D6C389

analogous

#89C3D6 #899CD6 #9D89D6

triadic

#899CD6 #D6899C #9CD689

tetradic

#899CD6 #D689C3 #D6C389 #89D69D

square

#899CD6 #D689C3 #D6C389 #89D69D

split-complementary

#899CD6 #D69D89 #C3D689

monochromatic

#3B56AA #5C76C6 #899CD6 #B6C2E6 #E4E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#899CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#899CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CD6

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CD6	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.088 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9e3',
    500: '#899cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cd6;
$custom-light: #adb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.195,
    "s": 48.428,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70013,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CD6

secondary

#E9E3D2

accent

#982ABC

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CD6

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

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