#989DB7#989DB7

#989DB7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.038 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DB7
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(230, 18%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(230, 17%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 3.68, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 14.51, 284.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0045 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.038 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5511, 34.2077, 49.6257)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DB7 #B7B298

analogous

#98ACB7 #989DB7 #A298B7

triadic

#989DB7 #B7989D #9DB798

tetradic

#989DB7 #B798AC #B7B298 #98B7A2

square

#989DB7 #B798AC #B7B298 #98B7A2

split-complementary

#989DB7 #B7A298 #ACB798

monochromatic

#575E7D #747B9E #989DB7 #BCBFD0 #E0E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#989DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#989DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DB7

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DB7	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.038 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9cc',
    500: '#989db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989db7;
$custom-light: #b6b9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.323,
    "s": 17.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70069,
    "c": 0.03838,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DB7

secondary

#DBD9D0

accent

#8F4A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DB7

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

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