#989EA9#989EA9

#989EA9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.017 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EA9
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(219, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(219, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 0.09, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 6.45, 270.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0022 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.017 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3357, 33.9934, 42.3862)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EA9 #A9A398

analogous

#98A6A9 #989EA9 #9A98A9

triadic

#989EA9 #A9989E #9EA998

tetradic

#989EA9 #A998A6 #A9A398 #98A99A

square

#989EA9 #A998A6 #A9A398 #98A99A

split-complementary

#989EA9 #A99A98 #A6A998

monochromatic

#5A616C #777F8D #989EA9 #B9BDC5 #DBDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#989EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#989EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EA9

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EA9	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.017 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bac2',
    500: '#989ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ea9;
$custom-light: #b6bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 8.995,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6979,
    "c": 0.01747,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EA9

secondary

#D1CFCB

accent

#7C5393

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EA9

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

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