#899CDD#899CDD

#899CDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CDD
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 29.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 9.19, -35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 36.33, 284.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0021 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.098 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2522, 34.3142, 73.1584)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CDD #DDCA89

analogous

#89C6DD #899CDD #A089DD

triadic

#899CDD #DD899C #9CDD89

tetradic

#899CDD #DD89C6 #DDCA89 #89DDA0

square

#899CDD #DD89C6 #DDCA89 #89DDA0

split-complementary

#899CDD #DDA089 #C6DD89

monochromatic

#3552B7 #5974CF #899CDD #B9C4EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#899CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#899CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CDD

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CDD	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e8',
    500: '#899cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cdd;
$custom-light: #aeb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.429,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70333,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CDD

secondary

#EDE7D5

accent

#9F23C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CDD

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

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