#899FDB#899FDB

#899FDB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.092 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#899FDB
RGB	rgb(137, 159, 219)
HSL	hsl(224, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(224, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 6.94, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 33.66, 281.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0024 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.092 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4970, 35.2275, 71.9333)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#899FDB #DBC589

analogous

#89C8DB #899FDB #9C89DB

triadic

#899FDB #DB899F #9FDB89

tetradic

#899FDB #DB89C8 #DBC589 #89DB9C

square

#899FDB #DB89C8 #DBC589 #89DB9C

split-complementary

#899FDB #DB9C89 #C8DB89

monochromatic

#3758B3 #5A79CD #899FDB #B8C5E9 #E7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#899FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#899FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #899FDB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##899FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##899FDB	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70ABB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #899fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 159, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.092 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aebbe6',
    500: '#899fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #899fdb;
$custom-light: #aebbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#899fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.902,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70861,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#899FDB

secondary

#EBE5D4

accent

#9725C1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FC

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #899FDB

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

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