#899EC9#899EC9

#899EC9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.068 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899EC9
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(220, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(220, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 2.78, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 24.61, 276.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0066 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.068 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0829, 33.9879, 60.0642)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899EC9 #C9B489

analogous

#89BEC9 #899EC9 #9489C9

triadic

#899EC9 #C9899E #9EC989

tetradic

#899EC9 #C989BE #C9B489 #89C994

square

#899EC9 #C989BE #C9B489 #89C994

split-complementary

#899EC9 #C99489 #BEC989

monochromatic

#445E94 #5F7BB6 #899EC9 #B3C1DC #DDE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#899EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#899EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899EC9

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899EC9	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.068 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbad9',
    500: '#899ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ec9;
$custom-light: #adbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.313,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6987,
    "c": 0.06778,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899EC9

secondary

#E1DACC

accent

#8835B0

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FA

border

#CED0D3

text

#101114

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899EC9

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

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