#899EDD#899EDD

#899EDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899EDD
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(225, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 8.05, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 35.26, 283.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0005 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.096 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5906, 34.9909, 73.2712)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899EDD #DDC889

analogous

#89C8DD #899EDD #9E89DD

triadic

#899EDD #DD899E #9EDD89

tetradic

#899EDD #DD89C8 #DDC889 #89DD9E

square

#899EDD #DD89C8 #DDC889 #89DD9E

split-complementary

#899EDD #DD9E89 #C8DD89

monochromatic

#3555B7 #5977CF #899EDD #B9C5EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#899EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#899EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899EDD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899EDD	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebae7',
    500: '#899edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899edd;
$custom-light: #aebae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70745,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899EDD

secondary

#EDE7D5

accent

#9B23C3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899EDD

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

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