#899CED#899CED

#899CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 272.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CED
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(229, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(229, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 13.61, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 44.99, 287.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0062 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.121 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4864, 35.2078, 84.9249)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899CED #EDDA89

analogous

#89CEED #899CED #A889ED

triadic

#899CED #ED899C #9CED89

tetradic

#899CED #ED89CE #EDDA89 #89EDA8

square

#899CED #ED89CE #EDDA89 #89EDA8

split-complementary

#899CED #EDA889 #CEED89

monochromatic

#2144DA #546FE5 #899CED #BEC9F5 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#899CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#899CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CED

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CED	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9f3',
    500: '#899ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ced;
$custom-light: #afb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71104,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CED

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B010D6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CED

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

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