#899CD7#899CD7

#899CD7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.090 H 270.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CD7
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 215)
HSL	hsl(225, 49%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 36%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 7.58, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 33.10, 283.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0004 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.09 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4671, 34.0001, 69.0234)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CD7 #D7C489

analogous

#89C3D7 #899CD7 #9D89D7

triadic

#899CD7 #D7899C #9CD789

tetradic

#899CD7 #D789C3 #D7C489 #89D79D

square

#899CD7 #D789C3 #D7C489 #89D79D

split-complementary

#899CD7 #D79D89 #C3D789

monochromatic

#3A56AB #5B76C8 #899CD7 #B7C2E6 #E4E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#899CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#899CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CD7

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CD7	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.090 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e3',
    500: '#899cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cd7;
$custom-light: #aeb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.385,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CD7

secondary

#E9E4D2

accent

#9929BD

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CD7

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

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