#989DB2#989DB2

#989DB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.031 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DB2
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 178)
HSL	hsl(228, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 2.58, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 11.77, 282.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0027 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.031 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0399, 34.0033, 46.9334)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DB2 #B2AD98

analogous

#98AAB2 #989DB2 #A098B2

triadic

#989DB2 #B2989D #9DB298

tetradic

#989DB2 #B298AA #B2AD98 #98B2A0

square

#989DB2 #B298AA #B2AD98 #98B2A0

split-complementary

#989DB2 #B2A098 #AAB298

monochromatic

#595F77 #757C98 #989DB2 #BBBECC #DEE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#989DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#989DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DB2

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DB2	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.031 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9c9',
    500: '#989db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989db2;
$custom-light: #b6b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.462,
    "s": 14.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.03118,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DB2

secondary

#D7D6CE

accent

#8A4D99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DB2

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

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