#899EED#899EED

#899EED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899EED
RGB	rgb(137, 158, 237)
HSL	hsl(227, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 12.47, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 43.87, 286.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0037 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.118 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8248, 35.8846, 85.0377)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#899EED #EDD889

analogous

#89D0ED #899EED #A689ED

triadic

#899EED #ED899E #9EED89

tetradic

#899EED #ED89D0 #EDD889 #89EDA6

square

#899EED #ED89D0 #EDD889 #89EDA6

split-complementary

#899EED #EDA689 #D0ED89

monochromatic

#2148DA #5472E5 #899EED #BECAF5 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#899EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#899EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899EED

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899EED	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 158, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbaf3',
    500: '#899eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899eed;
$custom-light: #afbaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899EED

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AC10D6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #899EED

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

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