#899ECD#899ECD

#899ECD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.073 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899ECD
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(221, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(221, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 3.81, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 26.72, 278.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0053 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.073 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5596, 34.1785, 62.5746)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899ECD #CDB889

analogous

#89C0CD #899ECD #9689CD

triadic

#899ECD #CD899E #9ECD89

tetradic

#899ECD #CD89C0 #CDB889 #89CD96

square

#899ECD #CD89C0 #CDB889 #89CD96

split-complementary

#899ECD #CD9689 #C0CD89

monochromatic

#415D9A #5E7BBB #899ECD #B4C1DF #DFE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#899ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#899ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899ECD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899ECD	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75A7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.073 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbadc',
    500: '#899ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ecd;
$custom-light: #adbadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70038,
    "c": 0.07331,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899ECD

secondary

#E4DDCE

accent

#8C32B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #899ECD

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

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