#989EAE#989EAE

#989EAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.024 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EAE
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(224, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(224, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 1.15, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 9.10, 277.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0003 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.024 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8140, 34.1847, 44.9057)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EAE #AEA898

analogous

#98A9AE #989EAE #9D98AE

triadic

#989EAE #AE989E #9EAE98

tetradic

#989EAE #AE98A9 #AEA898 #98AE9D

square

#989EAE #AE98A9 #AEA898 #98AE9D

split-complementary

#989EAE #AE9D98 #A9AE98

monochromatic

#5A6072 #767E93 #989EAE #BABEC9 #DDDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#989EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#989EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EAE

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EAE	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.024 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bac6',
    500: '#989eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989eae;
$custom-light: #b6bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69959,
    "c": 0.02434,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EAE

secondary

#D5D3CD

accent

#834F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EAE

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

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