#899CD8#899CD8

#899CD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.091 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CD8
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(226, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 7.84, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 33.64, 283.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0007 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.091 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5960, 34.0517, 69.7022)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CD8 #D8C589

analogous

#89C3D8 #899CD8 #9E89D8

triadic

#899CD8 #D8899C #9CD889

tetradic

#899CD8 #D889C3 #D8C589 #89D89E

square

#899CD8 #D889C3 #D8C589 #89D89E

split-complementary

#899CD8 #D89E89 #C3D889

monochromatic

#3955AD #5B75C9 #899CD8 #B7C3E7 #E5E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#899CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#899CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CD8

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CD8	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.091 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e4',
    500: '#899cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cd8;
$custom-light: #aeb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.57,
    "s": 50.318,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70104,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CD8

secondary

#EAE4D3

accent

#9A28BE

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CD8

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

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