#989BAD#989BAD

#989BAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.026 H 278.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989BAD
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(231, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(231, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 2.61, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 10.06, 285.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0038 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.026 278.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2114, 33.1349, 44.2257)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989BAD #ADAA98

analogous

#98A5AD #989BAD #9F98AD

triadic

#989BAD #AD989B #9BAD98

tetradic

#989BAD #AD98A5 #ADAA98 #98AD9F

square

#989BAD #AD98A5 #ADAA98 #98AD9F

split-complementary

#989BAD #AD9F98 #A5AD98

monochromatic

#5A5D71 #767A92 #989BAD #BABCC8 #DCDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#989BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#989BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989BAD

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989BAD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.026 278.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b8c5',
    500: '#989bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989bad;
$custom-light: #b6b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 11.351,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69292,
    "c": 0.02647,
    "h": 278.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989BAD

secondary

#D4D3CD

accent

#8C5095

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989BAD

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

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