#899CD9#899CD9

#899CD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.092 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CD9
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 217)
HSL	hsl(226, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 8.11, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 34.17, 283.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.001 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.092 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7257, 34.1036, 70.3851)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CD9 #D9C689

analogous

#89C4D9 #899CD9 #9E89D9

triadic

#899CD9 #D9899C #9CD989

tetradic

#899CD9 #D989C4 #D9C689 #89D99E

square

#899CD9 #D989C4 #D9C689 #89D99E

split-complementary

#899CD9 #D99E89 #C4D989

monochromatic

#3855AF #5B75CA #899CD9 #B7C3E8 #E6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#899CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#899CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CD9

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CD9	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.092 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e5',
    500: '#899cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cd9;
$custom-light: #aeb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.75,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70149,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CD9

secondary

#EAE5D3

accent

#9B27BF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101115

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CD9

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

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