#989CD8#989CD8

#989CD8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.087 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CD8
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 12.10, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 33.26, 291.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0166 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.087 281)
XYZ	xyz(37.2287, 35.4092, 69.8256)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CD8 #D8D498

analogous

#98BCD8 #989CD8 #B498D8

triadic

#989CD8 #D8989C #9CD898

tetradic

#989CD8 #D898BC #D8D498 #98D8B4

square

#989CD8 #D898BC #D8D498 #98D8B4

split-complementary

#989CD8 #D8B498 #BCD898

monochromatic

#434AB2 #6C71C7 #989CD8 #C4C7E9 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#989CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#989CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CD8

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CD8	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.087 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e4',
    500: '#989cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989cd8;
$custom-light: #b8b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 45.07,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.3541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CD8

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B02DB8

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CD8

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

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