#899DDD#899DDD

#899DDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 270.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DDD
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 8.62, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 35.79, 283.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0008 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.097 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4207, 34.6512, 73.2146)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DDD #DDC989

analogous

#89C7DD #899DDD #9F89DD

triadic

#899DDD #DD899D #9DDD89

tetradic

#899DDD #DD89C7 #DDC989 #89DD9F

square

#899DDD #DD89C7 #DDC989 #89DD9F

split-complementary

#899DDD #DD9F89 #C7DD89

monochromatic

#3554B7 #5976CF #899DDD #B9C4EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#899DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#899DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DDD

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DDD	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FAAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9e8',
    500: '#899ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ddd;
$custom-light: #aeb9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70539,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DDD

secondary

#EDE7D5

accent

#9D23C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DDD

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

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