#989CA9#989CA9

#989CA9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.019 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CA9
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(226, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(226, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 1.20, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 7.35, 279.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0008 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.02 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9973, 33.3166, 42.2734)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CA9 #A9A598

analogous

#98A4A9 #989CA9 #9C98A9

triadic

#989CA9 #A9989C #9CA998

tetradic

#989CA9 #A998A4 #A9A598 #98A99C

square

#989CA9 #A998A4 #A9A598 #98A99C

split-complementary

#989CA9 #A99C98 #A4A998

monochromatic

#5A5F6C #777C8D #989CA9 #B9BCC5 #DBDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#989CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#989CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CA9

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CA9	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)

#999DAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.019 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c2',
    500: '#989ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ca9;
$custom-light: #b6b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 8.995,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69366,
    "c": 0.0195,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CA9

secondary

#D1D0CB

accent

#845393

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CA9

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

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