#989CAE#989CAE

#989CAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.027 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CAE
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(229, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(229, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 2.27, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 10.09, 282.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0027 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.027 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4757, 33.5080, 44.7929)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CAE #AEAA98

analogous

#98A7AE #989CAE #9F98AE

triadic

#989CAE #AE989C #9CAE98

tetradic

#989CAE #AE98A7 #AEAA98 #98AE9F

square

#989CAE #AE98A7 #AEAA98 #98AE9F

split-complementary

#989CAE #AE9F98 #A7AE98

monochromatic

#5A5E72 #767B93 #989CAE #BABDC9 #DDDEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#989CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#989CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CAE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CAE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.027 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c6',
    500: '#989cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cae;
$custom-light: #b6b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69537,
    "c": 0.02665,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CAE

secondary

#D5D3CD

accent

#894F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CAE

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

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