#989BB6#989BB6

#989BB6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.040 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989BB6
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(234, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(234, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 4.58, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 15.05, 287.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0071 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.04 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1118, 33.4950, 48.9676)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989BB6 #B6B398

analogous

#98AAB6 #989BB6 #A498B6

triadic

#989BB6 #B6989B #9BB698

tetradic

#989BB6 #B698AA #B6B398 #98B6A4

square

#989BB6 #B698AA #B6B398 #98B6A4

split-complementary

#989BB6 #B6A498 #AAB698

monochromatic

#585B7C #74789D #989BB6 #BCBECF #E0E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#989BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#989BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989BB6

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989BB6	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.040 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b8cc',
    500: '#989bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989bb6;
$custom-light: #b6b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 17.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69614,
    "c": 0.03955,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989BB6

secondary

#DAD9D0

accent

#934A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989BB6

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

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