#989BBB#989BBB

#989BBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.047 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989BBB
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(235, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(235, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 5.71, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 17.82, 288.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0089 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.047 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6378, 33.7054, 51.7377)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989BBB #BBB898

analogous

#98ADBB #989BBB #A798BB

triadic

#989BBB #BB989B #9BBB98

tetradic

#989BBB #BB98AD #BBB898 #98BBA7

square

#989BBB #BB98AD #BBB898 #98BBA7

split-complementary

#989BBB #BBA798 #ADBB98

monochromatic

#565A82 #7377A3 #989BBB #BDBFD3 #E2E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#989BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#989BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989BBB

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989BBB	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.047 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b8cf',
    500: '#989bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989bbb;
$custom-light: #b6b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.857,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69801,
    "c": 0.04682,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989BBB

secondary

#DDDCD2

accent

#97479F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989BBB

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

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