#899CDE#899CDE

#899CDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CDE
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 222)
HSL	hsl(227, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(227, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 9.46, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 36.88, 284.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0024 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.099 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3859, 34.3676, 73.8622)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CDE #DECB89

analogous

#89C6DE #899CDE #A089DE

triadic

#899CDE #DE899C #9CDE89

tetradic

#899CDE #DE89C6 #DECB89 #89DEA0

square

#899CDE #DE89C6 #DECB89 #89DEA0

split-complementary

#899CDE #DEA089 #C6DE89

monochromatic

#3451B9 #5974D1 #899CDE #B9C4EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#899CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#899CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CDE

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CDE	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FA9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 271.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.588,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7038,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CDE

secondary

#EDE8D6

accent

#A022C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CDE

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

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