#899DEE#899DEE

#899DEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 272.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899DEE
RGB	rgb(137, 157, 238)
HSL	hsl(228, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(228, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 34%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 13.32, -42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 44.96, 287.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0052 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.121 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8014, 35.6034, 85.7527)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899DEE #EEDA89

analogous

#89CFEE #899DEE #A789EE

triadic

#899DEE #EE899D #9DEE89

tetradic

#899DEE #EE89CF #EEDA89 #89EEA7

square

#899DEE #EE89CF #EEDA89 #89EEA7

split-complementary

#899DEE #EEA789 #CFEE89

monochromatic

#2045DD #5471E6 #899DEE #BEC9F6 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#899DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#899DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899DEE

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899DEE	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67ADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 157, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb9f4',
    500: '#899dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899dee;
$custom-light: #afb9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.119,
    "s": 74.815,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899DEE

secondary

#F3EED8

accent

#AF0FD7

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #899DEE

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

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