#899CEE#899CEE

#899CEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 273.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899CEE
RGB	rgb(137, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(229, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(229, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 13.90, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 45.53, 287.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0064 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.122 273)
XYZ	xyz(37.6329, 35.2664, 85.6965)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899CEE #EEDB89

analogous

#89CEEE #899CEE #A889EE

triadic

#899CEE #EE899C #9CEE89

tetradic

#899CEE #EE89CE #EEDB89 #89EEA8

square

#899CEE #EE89CE #EEDB89 #89EEA8

split-complementary

#899CEE #EEA889 #CEEE89

monochromatic

#2043DD #546FE6 #899CEE #BEC9F6 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#899CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#899CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899CEE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899CEE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9f4',
    500: '#899cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899cee;
$custom-light: #afb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.713,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71154,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.35268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899CEE

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#B10FD7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #899CEE

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

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