#989CB6#989CB6

#989CB6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.038 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CB6
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 182)
HSL	hsl(232, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(232, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 4.02, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 14.50, 286.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0056 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.038 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2789, 33.8293, 49.0233)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CB6 #B6B298

analogous

#98ABB6 #989CB6 #A398B6

triadic

#989CB6 #B6989C #9CB698

tetradic

#989CB6 #B698AB #B6B298 #98B6A3

square

#989CB6 #B698AB #B6B298 #98B6A3

split-complementary

#989CB6 #B6A398 #ABB698

monochromatic

#585D7C #747A9D #989CB6 #BCBECF #E0E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#989CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#989CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CB6

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CB6	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.038 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9cb',
    500: '#989cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cb6;
$custom-light: #b6b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 17.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69823,
    "c": 0.03822,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CB6

secondary

#DAD9D0

accent

#904A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CB6

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

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