#989DE3#989DE3

#989DE3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989DE3
RGB	rgb(152, 157, 227)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(236, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 30.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 14.34, -35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 38.70, 291.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0183 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.102 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8672, 36.3342, 77.6235)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989DE3 #E3DE98

analogous

#98C3E3 #989DE3 #B998E3

triadic

#989DE3 #E3989D #9DE398

tetradic

#989DE3 #E398C3 #E3DE98 #98E3B9

square

#989DE3 #E398C3 #E3DE98 #98E3B9

split-complementary

#989DE3 #E3B998 #C3E398

monochromatic

#3841C9 #686FD6 #989DE3 #C8CBF0 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#989DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#989DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989DE3

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989DE3	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 157, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8b9ec',
    500: '#989de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989de3;
$custom-light: #b8b9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 57.252,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71893,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989DE3

secondary

#F0EEDB

accent

#BA21C5

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #989DE3

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

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