#899DD9#899DD9

#899DD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.091 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DD9
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 7.54, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 33.64, 282.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0003 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.091 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8942, 34.4405, 70.4413)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DD9 #D9C589

analogous

#89C5D9 #899DD9 #9D89D9

triadic

#899DD9 #D9899D #9DD989

tetradic

#899DD9 #D989C5 #D9C589 #89D99D

square

#899DD9 #D989C5 #D9C589 #89D99D

split-complementary

#899DD9 #D99D89 #C5D989

monochromatic

#3856AF #5B77CA #899DD9 #B7C3E8 #E6EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#899DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#899DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DD9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DD9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.091 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e5',
    500: '#899dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899dd9;
$custom-light: #aeb9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70356,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DD9

secondary

#EAE5D3

accent

#9927BF

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101115

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DD9

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

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