#989CD3#989CD3

#989CD3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.080 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CD3
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(236, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 10.85, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 30.51, 290.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% 0.0152 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.08 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5921, 35.1546, 66.4730)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CD3 #D3CF98

analogous

#98B9D3 #989CD3 #B198D3

triadic

#989CD3 #D3989C #9CD398

tetradic

#989CD3 #D398B9 #D3CF98 #98D3B1

square

#989CD3 #D398B9 #D3CF98 #98D3B1

split-complementary

#989CD3 #D3B198 #B9D398

monochromatic

#484FA9 #6D73C1 #989CD3 #C3C5E5 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#989CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#989CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CD3

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CD3	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AA6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.080 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9e0',
    500: '#989cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cd3;
$custom-light: #b7b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.932,
    "s": 40.136,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.08022,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CD3

secondary

#EBEADC

accent

#AA32B3

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CD3

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

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