#989CA8#989CA8

#989CA8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.018 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CA8
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(225, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(225, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 0.99, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 6.81, 278.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0004 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.018 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9038, 33.2792, 41.7809)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CA8 #A8A498

analogous

#98A4A8 #989CA8 #9C98A8

triadic

#989CA8 #A8989C #9CA898

tetradic

#989CA8 #A898A4 #A8A498 #98A89C

square

#989CA8 #A898A4 #A8A498 #98A89C

split-complementary

#989CA8 #A89C98 #A4A898

monochromatic

#5A5F6B #777C8C #989CA8 #B9BCC4 #DADCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#989CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#989CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CA8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CA8	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.018 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c1',
    500: '#989ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ca8;
$custom-light: #b6b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69332,
    "c": 0.01809,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CA8

secondary

#D1CFCB

accent

#835392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CA8

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

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