#989BAE#989BAE

#989BAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.028 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989BAE
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(232, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(232, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 2.82, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 10.62, 285.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0041 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.028 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3086, 33.1737, 44.7372)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989BAE #AEAB98

analogous

#98A6AE #989BAE #A098AE

triadic

#989BAE #AE989B #9BAE98

tetradic

#989BAE #AE98A6 #AEAB98 #98AEA0

square

#989BAE #AE98A6 #AEAB98 #98AEA0

split-complementary

#989BAE #AEA098 #A6AE98

monochromatic

#5A5D72 #767A93 #989BAE #BABCC9 #DDDEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#989BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#989BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989BAE

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989BAE	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)

#969DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.028 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b8c6',
    500: '#989bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989bae;
$custom-light: #b6b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69327,
    "c": 0.02792,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989BAE

secondary

#D5D4CD

accent

#8C4F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989BAE

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

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