#899DC9#899DC9

#899DC9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.069 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DC9
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(221, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(221, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 3.34, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 25.09, 277.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0053 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.069 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9131, 33.6481, 60.0076)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DC9 #C9B589

analogous

#89BDC9 #899DC9 #9589C9

triadic

#899DC9 #C9899D #9DC989

tetradic

#899DC9 #C989BD #C9B589 #89C995

square

#899DC9 #C989BD #C9B589 #89C995

split-complementary

#899DC9 #C99589 #BDC989

monochromatic

#445D94 #5F7AB6 #899DC9 #B3C0DC #DDE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#899DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#899DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DC9

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DC9	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.069 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9d9',
    500: '#899dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899dc9;
$custom-light: #adb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.06884,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DC9

secondary

#E1DBCC

accent

#8A35B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DC9

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

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