#989DAD#989DAD

#989DAD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.024 H 271.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DAD
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(226, 12%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 1.49, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 9.04, 279.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0008 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.024 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5470, 33.8061, 44.3376)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DAD #ADA898

analogous

#98A7AD #989DAD #9D98AD

triadic

#989DAD #AD989D #9DAD98

tetradic

#989DAD #AD98A7 #ADA898 #98AD9D

square

#989DAD #AD98A7 #ADA898 #98AD9D

split-complementary

#989DAD #AD9D98 #A7AD98

monochromatic

#5A5F71 #767D92 #989DAD #BABDC8 #DCDEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#989DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#989DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DAD

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DAD	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.024 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c5',
    500: '#989dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989dad;
$custom-light: #b6b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 11.351,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.02403,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DAD

secondary

#D4D2CD

accent

#855095

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DAD

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

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