#899CE5#899CE5

#899CE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CE5
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 229)
HSL	hsl(228, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(228, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 11.38, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 40.66, 286.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0042 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.109 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3436, 34.7507, 78.9061)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CE5 #E5D289

analogous

#89CAE5 #899CE5 #A489E5

triadic

#899CE5 #E5899C #9CE589

tetradic

#899CE5 #E589CA #E5D289 #89E5A4

square

#899CE5 #E589CA #E5D289 #89E5A4

split-complementary

#899CE5 #E5A489 #CAE589

monochromatic

#2C4CC8 #5772DA #899CE5 #BBC6F0 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#899CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#899CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CE5

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CE5	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BABB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9ed',
    500: '#899ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ce5;
$custom-light: #afb9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.609,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70712,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CE5

secondary

#F1ECD9

accent

#A71ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CE5

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

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