#9898B4#9898B4

#9898B4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.041 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9898B4
RGB	rgb(152, 152, 180)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 5.82, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 15.64, 291.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0108 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.041 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4135, 32.4268, 47.7225)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9898B4 #B4B498

analogous

#98A6B4 #9898B4 #A698B4

triadic

#9898B4 #B49898 #98B498

tetradic

#9898B4 #B498A6 #B4B498 #98B4A6

square

#9898B4 #B498A6 #B4B498 #98B4A6

split-complementary

#9898B4 #B4A698 #A6B498

monochromatic

#585879 #75759A #9898B4 #BBBBCE #DFDFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#9898B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#9898B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9898B4

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9898B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9898B4	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9898b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 152, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.041 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b6ca',
    500: '#9898b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9898b4;
$custom-light: #b6b6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9898b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68916,
    "c": 0.04084,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9898B4

secondary

#D9D9CF

accent

#9A4C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #9898B4

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

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