#989CB4#989CB4

#989CB4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.035 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CB4
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(231, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(231, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 3.57, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 13.40, 285.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0049 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.035 278)
XYZ	xyz(33.0737, 33.7472, 47.9425)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CB4 #B4B098

analogous

#98AAB4 #989CB4 #A298B4

triadic

#989CB4 #B4989C #9CB498

tetradic

#989CB4 #B498AA #B4B098 #98B4A2

square

#989CB4 #B498AA #B4B098 #98B4A2

split-complementary

#989CB4 #B4A298 #AAB498

monochromatic

#585D79 #757A9A #989CB4 #BBBECE #DFE0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#989CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#989CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CB4

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CB4	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.035 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9ca',
    500: '#989cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cb4;
$custom-light: #b6b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.03532,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.33748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CB4

secondary

#D9D7CF

accent

#8F4C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CB4

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

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