#989CED#989CED

#989CED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989CED
RGB	rgb(152, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(237, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(237, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, 17.52, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 44.75, 293.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0221 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.117 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1191, 36.5653, 85.0483)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989CED #EDE998

analogous

#98C7ED #989CED #BF98ED

triadic

#989CED #ED989C #9CED98

tetradic

#989CED #ED98C7 #EDE998 #98EDBF

square

#989CED #ED98C7 #EDE998 #98EDBF

split-complementary

#989CED #EDBF98 #C7ED98

monochromatic

#3038DB #646AE4 #989CED #CCCEF6 #E5E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#989CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#989CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989CED

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989CED	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9b9f3',
    500: '#989ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ced;
$custom-light: #b9b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.176,
    "s": 70.248,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989CED

secondary

#F2F1D9

accent

#C913D2

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121117

muted

#818085

Preview Lab

Preview with #989CED

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

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