#989DBD#989DBD

#989DBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.047 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DBD
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(232, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(232, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 5.04, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 17.82, 286.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0067 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.047 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1890, 34.4629, 52.9850)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DBD #BDB898

analogous

#98B0BD #989DBD #A698BD

triadic

#989DBD #BD989D #9DBD98

tetradic

#989DBD #BD98B0 #BDB898 #98BDA6

square

#989DBD #BD98B0 #BDB898 #98BDA6

split-complementary

#989DBD #BDA698 #B0BD98

monochromatic

#555C85 #737AA5 #989DBD #BDC0D5 #E3E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#989DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#989DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DBD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DBD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.047 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6b9d1',
    500: '#989dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989dbd;
$custom-light: #b6b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.892,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70292,
    "c": 0.04705,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DBD

secondary

#DEDDD2

accent

#9445A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DBD

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

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