#989CB2#989CB2

#989CB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.032 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CB2
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(231, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 3.13, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 12.29, 284.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0042 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.032 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8714, 33.6663, 46.8773)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CB2 #B2AE98

analogous

#98A9B2 #989CB2 #A198B2

triadic

#989CB2 #B2989C #9CB298

tetradic

#989CB2 #B298A9 #B2AE98 #98B2A1

square

#989CB2 #B298A9 #B2AE98 #98B2A1

split-complementary

#989CB2 #B2A198 #A9B298

monochromatic

#595D77 #757A98 #989CB2 #BBBECC #DEDFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#989CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#989CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CB2

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CB2	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.032 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c9',
    500: '#989cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cb2;
$custom-light: #b6b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 14.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69678,
    "c": 0.03243,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CB2

secondary

#D7D6CE

accent

#8D4D99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CB2

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

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