#899EE9#899EE9

#899EE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 271.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899EE9
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(227, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 11.35, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 41.71, 285.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0027 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.112 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2469, 35.6534, 81.9942)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899EE9 #E9D489

analogous

#89CEE9 #899EE9 #A489E9

triadic

#899EE9 #E9899E #9EE989

tetradic

#899EE9 #E989CE #E9D489 #89E9A4

square

#899EE9 #E989CE #E9D489 #89E9A4

split-complementary

#899EE9 #E9A489 #CEE989

monochromatic

#274CD1 #5574DF #899EE9 #BDC8F3 #E5EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#899EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#899EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899EE9

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899EE9	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbaf0',
    500: '#899ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899ee9;
$custom-light: #afbaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71312,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899EE9

secondary

#F2ECD9

accent

#A715D1

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899EE9

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

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