#899EDE#899EDE

#899EDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.097 H 269.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899EDE
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(225, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 8.32, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 35.80, 283.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0002 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.097 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7242, 35.0444, 73.9750)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899EDE #DEC989

analogous

#89C9DE #899EDE #9E89DE

triadic

#899EDE #DE899E #9EDE89

tetradic

#899EDE #DE89C9 #DEC989 #89DE9E

square

#899EDE #DE89C9 #DEC989 #89DE9E

split-complementary

#899EDE #DE9E89 #C9DE89

monochromatic

#3455B9 #5977D1 #899EDE #B9C5EB #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#899EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#899EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899EDE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899EDE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EABB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.097 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebae8',
    500: '#899ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ede;
$custom-light: #aebae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.176,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70791,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899EDE

secondary

#EDE7D6

accent

#9C22C4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899EDE

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

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