#989AA8#989AA8

#989AA8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.021 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989AA8
RGB	rgb(152, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(233, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(233, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 2.11, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 7.83, 285.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0033 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.021 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5709, 32.6135, 41.6700)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989AA8 #A8A698

analogous

#98A2A8 #989AA8 #9E98A8

triadic

#989AA8 #A8989A #9AA898

tetradic

#989AA8 #A898A2 #A8A698 #98A89E

square

#989AA8 #A898A2 #A8A698 #98A89E

split-complementary

#989AA8 #A89E98 #A2A898

monochromatic

#5A5D6B #77798C #989AA8 #B9BBC4 #DADBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#989AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#989AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989AA8

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989AA8	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.021 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b7c1',
    500: '#989aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989aa8;
$custom-light: #b6b7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68909,
    "c": 0.02052,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989AA8

secondary

#D1D0CB

accent

#8A5392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989AA8

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

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