#989CAA#989CAA

#989CAA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.021 H 273.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CAA
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(227, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(227, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 1.41, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 7.90, 280.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0011 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.021 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0915, 33.3543, 42.7697)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CAA #AAA698

analogous

#98A5AA #989CAA #9D98AA

triadic

#989CAA #AA989C #9CAA98

tetradic

#989CAA #AA98A5 #AAA698 #98AA9D

square

#989CAA #AA98A5 #AAA698 #98AA9D

split-complementary

#989CAA #AA9D98 #A5AA98

monochromatic

#5A5E6D #767C8E #989CAA #BABCC6 #DBDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#989CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#989CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CAA

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CAA	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.021 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c3',
    500: '#989caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989caa;
$custom-light: #b6b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 9.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.694,
    "c": 0.02093,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CAA

secondary

#D2D1CC

accent

#855294

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CAA

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

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