#899DE5#899DE5

#899DE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DE5
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 229)
HSL	hsl(227, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(227, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 10.81, -38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 40.11, 285.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.003 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.108 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5121, 35.0877, 78.9623)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DE5 #E5D189

analogous

#89CBE5 #899DE5 #A389E5

triadic

#899DE5 #E5899D #9DE589

tetradic

#899DE5 #E589CB #E5D189 #89E5A3

square

#899DE5 #E589CB #E5D189 #89E5A3

split-complementary

#899DE5 #E5A389 #CBE589

monochromatic

#2C4EC8 #5773DA #899DE5 #BBC7F0 #E6EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#899DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#899DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DE5

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DE5	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9ed',
    500: '#899de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899de5;
$custom-light: #afb9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DE5

secondary

#F1EBD9

accent

#A51ACC

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DE5

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

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