#989CE3#989CE3

#989CE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.103 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CE3
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(237, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 31.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 14.91, -36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 39.29, 292.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0196 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.103 281)
XYZ	xyz(38.6987, 35.9972, 77.5673)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CE3 #E3DF98

analogous

#98C2E3 #989CE3 #BA98E3

triadic

#989CE3 #E3989C #9CE398

tetradic

#989CE3 #E398C2 #E3DF98 #98E3BA

square

#989CE3 #E398C2 #E3DF98 #98E3BA

split-complementary

#989CE3 #E3BA98 #C2E398

monochromatic

#3840C9 #686ED6 #989CE3 #C8CAF0 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#989CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#989CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CE3

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CE3	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.103 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9ec',
    500: '#989ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ce3;
$custom-light: #b8b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.8,
    "s": 57.252,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.35998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CE3

secondary

#F0EFDB

accent

#BC21C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CE3

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

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