#899DDE#899DDE

#899DDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DDE
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 8.89, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 36.33, 284.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0011 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.098 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5544, 34.7046, 73.9184)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DDE #DECA89

analogous

#89C8DE #899DDE #9F89DE

triadic

#899DDE #DE899D #9DDE89

tetradic

#899DDE #DE89C8 #DECA89 #89DE9F

square

#899DDE #DE89C8 #DECA89 #89DE9F

split-complementary

#899DDE #DE9F89 #C8DE89

monochromatic

#3453B9 #5975D1 #899DDE #B9C5EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#899DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#899DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DDE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DDE	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FAAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 270.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70585,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DDE

secondary

#EDE8D6

accent

#9E22C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DDE

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

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