#899DE9#899DE9

#899DE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DE9
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 233)
HSL	hsl(228, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 32.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 11.92, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 42.27, 286.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.004 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.114 272)
XYZ	xyz(37.0770, 35.3137, 81.9376)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DE9 #E9D589

analogous

#89CDE9 #899DE9 #A589E9

triadic

#899DE9 #E9899D #9DE989

tetradic

#899DE9 #E989CD #E9D589 #89E9A5

square

#899DE9 #E989CD #E9D589 #89E9A5

split-complementary

#899DE9 #E9A589 #CDE989

monochromatic

#274AD1 #5572DF #899DE9 #BDC8F3 #E5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#899DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#899DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DE9

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DE9	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9f0',
    500: '#899de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899de9;
$custom-light: #afb9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.5,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71109,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.35315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DE9

secondary

#F2EDD9

accent

#A915D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DE9

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

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