#899CE3#899CE3

#899CE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CE3
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 227)
HSL	hsl(227, 62%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(227, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 10.83, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 39.58, 285.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0037 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.106 272)
XYZ	xyz(36.0659, 34.6397, 77.4439)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CE3 #E3D089

analogous

#89C9E3 #899CE3 #A389E3

triadic

#899CE3 #E3899C #9CE389

tetradic

#899CE3 #E389C9 #E3D089 #89E3A3

square

#899CE3 #E389C9 #E3D089 #89E3A3

split-complementary

#899CE3 #E3A389 #C9E389

monochromatic

#2E4EC3 #5873D7 #899CE3 #BAC6EF #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#899CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#899CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CE3

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CE3	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CAAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9ec',
    500: '#899ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ce3;
$custom-light: #aeb9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.34641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CE3

secondary

#F0EBD8

accent

#A51CC9

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CE3

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

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