#989DCD#989DCD

#989DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.070 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DCD
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(234, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(234, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 8.82, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 26.63, 289.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.012 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.07 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0225, 35.1963, 62.6414)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DCD #CDC898

analogous

#98B7CD #989DCD #AE98CD

triadic

#989DCD #CD989D #9DCD98

tetradic

#989DCD #CD98B7 #CDC898 #98CDAE

square

#989DCD #CD98B7 #CDC898 #98CDAE

split-complementary

#989DCD #CDAE98 #B7CD98

monochromatic

#4D549E #6F76B9 #989DCD #C1C4E1 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#989DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#989DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DCD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DCD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.070 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7b9dc',
    500: '#989dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989dcd;
$custom-light: #b7b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.34,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DCD

secondary

#E8E6D9

accent

#A238AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DCD

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

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