#989EA8#989EA8

#989EA8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EA8
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(218, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(218, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -0.12, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 5.94, 268.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0026 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2421, 33.9559, 41.8937)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EA8 #A8A298

analogous

#98A6A8 #989EA8 #9A98A8

triadic

#989EA8 #A8989E #9EA898

tetradic

#989EA8 #A898A6 #A8A298 #98A89A

square

#989EA8 #A898A6 #A8A298 #98A89A

split-complementary

#989EA8 #A89A98 #A6A898

monochromatic

#5A616B #777F8C #989EA8 #B9BDC4 #DADCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#989EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#989EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EA8

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EA8	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bac1',
    500: '#989ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ea8;
$custom-light: #b6bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 8.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69757,
    "c": 0.01614,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EA8

secondary

#D1CFCB

accent

#7B5392

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EA8

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

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