#899DCB#899DCB

#899DCB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.072 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DCB
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(222, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(222, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 3.86, -25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 26.15, 278.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0046 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.072 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1499, 33.7428, 61.2547)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DCB #CBB789

analogous

#89BECB #899DCB #9689CB

triadic

#899DCB #CB899D #9DCB89

tetradic

#899DCB #CB89BE #CBB789 #89CB96

square

#899DCB #CB89BE #CBB789 #89CB96

split-complementary

#899DCB #CB9689 #BECB89

monochromatic

#435C97 #5F7AB8 #899DCB #B3C0DE #DEE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#899DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#899DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DCB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DCB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.072 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb9db',
    500: '#899dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899dcb;
$custom-light: #adb9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.818,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69743,
    "c": 0.07162,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DCB

secondary

#E3DCCD

accent

#8C34B2

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DCB

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

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