#989CD4#989CD4

#989CD4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.082 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CD4
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 212)
HSL	hsl(236, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 11.10, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 31.06, 290.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0155 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.082 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7179, 35.2049, 67.1352)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CD4 #D4D098

analogous

#98BAD4 #989CD4 #B298D4

triadic

#989CD4 #D4989C #9CD498

tetradic

#989CD4 #D498BA #D4D098 #98D4B2

square

#989CD4 #D498BA #D4D098 #98D4B2

split-complementary

#989CD4 #D4B298 #BAD498

monochromatic

#474EAA #6D73C2 #989CD4 #C3C6E6 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#989CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#989CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CD4

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CD4	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.082 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9e1',
    500: '#989cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cd4;
$custom-light: #b7b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 41.096,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71022,
    "c": 0.08166,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CD4

secondary

#ECEBDC

accent

#AB31B4

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CD4

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

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