#989CAC#989CAC

#989CAC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.024 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CAC
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(228, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(228, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, 1.84, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 8.99, 281.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0019 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.024 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2822, 33.4306, 43.7737)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CAC #ACA898

analogous

#98A6AC #989CAC #9E98AC

triadic

#989CAC #AC989C #9CAC98

tetradic

#989CAC #AC98A6 #ACA898 #98AC9E

square

#989CAC #AC98A6 #ACA898 #98AC9E

split-complementary

#989CAC #AC9E98 #A6AC98

monochromatic

#5A5E70 #767B91 #989CAC #BABDC7 #DCDDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#989CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#989CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CAC

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CAC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.024 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c4',
    500: '#989cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cac;
$custom-light: #b6b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 10.753,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69468,
    "c": 0.02379,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CAC

secondary

#D3D2CC

accent

#875195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CAC

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

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