#989BCD#989BCD

#989BCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.073 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989BCD
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(237, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 9.95, -25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 27.78, 290.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0148 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.073 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6869, 34.5251, 62.5296)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989BCD #CDCA98

analogous

#98B5CD #989BCD #B098CD

triadic

#989BCD #CD989B #9BCD98

tetradic

#989BCD #CD98B5 #CDCA98 #98CDB0

square

#989BCD #CD98B5 #CDCA98 #98CDB0

split-complementary

#989BCD #CDB098 #B5CD98

monochromatic

#4D519E #6F73B9 #989BCD #C1C3E1 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#989BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#989BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989BCD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989BCD	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.073 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b8dc',
    500: '#989bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989bcd;
$custom-light: #b7b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.604,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989BCD

secondary

#E8E7D9

accent

#A738AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989BCD

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

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