#989BE3#989BE3

#989BE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989BE3
RGB	rgb(152, 155, 227)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(238, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 31.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 15.48, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 39.88, 292.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.021 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.104 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5316, 35.6629, 77.5116)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989BE3 #E3E098

analogous

#98C1E3 #989BE3 #BB98E3

triadic

#989BE3 #E3989B #9BE398

tetradic

#989BE3 #E398C1 #E3E098 #98E3BB

square

#989BE3 #E398C1 #E3E098 #98E3BB

split-complementary

#989BE3 #E3BB98 #C1E398

monochromatic

#383EC9 #686CD6 #989BE3 #C8CAF0 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#989BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#989BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989BE3

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989BE3	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 155, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b8ec',
    500: '#989be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989be3;
$custom-light: #b8b8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 57.252,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71497,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989BE3

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BE21C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #989BE3

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

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