#989DDE#989DDE

#989DDE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.095 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DDE
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(236, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 13.05, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 35.97, 291.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.017 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.095 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1871, 36.0621, 74.0418)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DDE #DED998

analogous

#98C0DE #989DDE #B698DE

triadic

#989DDE #DE989D #9DDE98

tetradic

#989DDE #DE98C0 #DED998 #98DEB6

square

#989DDE #DE98C0 #DED998 #98DEB6

split-complementary

#989DDE #DEB698 #C0DE98

monochromatic

#3D46BF #6A71CF #989DDE #C6C9ED #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#989DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#989DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DDE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DDE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.095 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9e8',
    500: '#989dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989dde;
$custom-light: #b8b9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 51.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DDE

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B427BF

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DDE

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

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