#989DDD#989DDD

#989DDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.093 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DDD
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(236, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(236, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 12.80, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 35.42, 291.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0167 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.093 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0535, 36.0087, 73.3380)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DDD #DDD898

analogous

#98BFDD #989DDD #B598DD

triadic

#989DDD #DD989D #9DDD98

tetradic

#989DDD #DD98BF #DDD898 #98DDB5

square

#989DDD #DD98BF #DDD898 #98DDB5

split-complementary

#989DDD #DDB598 #BFDD98

monochromatic

#3E47BC #6A71CE #989DDD #C6C9EC #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#989DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#989DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DDD

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DDD	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.093 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e7',
    500: '#989ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ddd;
$custom-light: #b8b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7162,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DDD

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B328BE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DDD

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

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