#989CBB#989CBB

#989CBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.045 H 279.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CBB
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(233, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(233, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 5.14, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 17.26, 287.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0074 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.045 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8049, 34.0396, 51.7934)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CBB #BBB798

analogous

#98AEBB #989CBB #A698BB

triadic

#989CBB #BB989C #9CBB98

tetradic

#989CBB #BB98AE #BBB798 #98BBA6

square

#989CBB #BB98AE #BBB798 #98BBA6

split-complementary

#989CBB #BBA698 #AEBB98

monochromatic

#565B82 #7379A3 #989CBB #BDBFD3 #E2E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#989CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#989CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CBB

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CBB	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.045 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9cf',
    500: '#989cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cbb;
$custom-light: #b6b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70009,
    "c": 0.04548,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CBB

secondary

#DDDCD2

accent

#95479F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CBB

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

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