#989CBA#989CBA

#989CBA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.044 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CBA
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(233, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(233, 18%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 4.92, -15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 16.71, 287.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0071 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.044 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6982, 33.9970, 51.2315)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CBA #BAB698

analogous

#98ADBA #989CBA #A598BA

triadic

#989CBA #BA989C #9CBA98

tetradic

#989CBA #BA98AD #BAB698 #98BAA5

square

#989CBA #BA98AD #BAB698 #98BAA5

split-complementary

#989CBA #BAA598 #ADBA98

monochromatic

#565C81 #7379A1 #989CBA #BDBFD3 #E1E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#989CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#989CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CBA

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CBA	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.044 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9ce',
    500: '#989cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cba;
$custom-light: #b6b9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 19.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69971,
    "c": 0.04402,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CBA

secondary

#DCDBD1

accent

#94479E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CBA

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

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