#899DC8#899DC8

#899DC8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.067 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DC8
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(221, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(221, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 3.09, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 24.56, 277.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0056 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.067 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7958, 33.6012, 59.3901)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DC8 #C8B489

analogous

#89BCC8 #899DC8 #9489C8

triadic

#899DC8 #C8899D #9DC889

tetradic

#899DC8 #C889BC #C8B489 #89C894

square

#899DC8 #C889BC #C8B489 #89C894

split-complementary

#899DC8 #C89489 #BCC889

monochromatic

#445D92 #5F7AB5 #899DC8 #B3C0DB #DCE2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#899DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#899DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DC8

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DC8	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.067 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d8',
    500: '#899dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899dc8;
$custom-light: #adb9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.952,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.06745,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DC8

secondary

#E1DACC

accent

#8936AF

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DC8

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

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