#989BB5#989BB5

#989BB5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.038 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989BB5
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(234, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(234, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 4.35, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 14.49, 287.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0067 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.038 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0088, 33.4539, 48.4253)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989BB5 #B5B298

analogous

#98A9B5 #989BB5 #A398B5

triadic

#989BB5 #B5989B #9BB598

tetradic

#989BB5 #B598A9 #B5B298 #98B5A3

square

#989BB5 #B598A9 #B5B298 #98B5A3

split-complementary

#989BB5 #B5A398 #A9B598

monochromatic

#585C7B #74789B #989BB5 #BCBECF #DFE0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#989BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#989BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989BB5

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989BB5	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.038 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b8cb',
    500: '#989bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989bb5;
$custom-light: #b6b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.793,
    "s": 16.384,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69577,
    "c": 0.0381,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989BB5

secondary

#D9D8D0

accent

#924B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989BB5

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

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