#989EB2#989EB2

#989EB2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.030 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EB2
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(226, 14%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(226, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 2.02, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 11.26, 280.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0012 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.03 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2098, 34.3430, 46.9901)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EB2 #B2AC98

analogous

#98ABB2 #989EB2 #9F98B2

triadic

#989EB2 #B2989E #9EB298

tetradic

#989EB2 #B298AB #B2AC98 #98B29F

square

#989EB2 #B298AB #B2AC98 #98B29F

split-complementary

#989EB2 #B29F98 #ABB298

monochromatic

#596077 #757D98 #989EB2 #BBBFCC #DEE0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#989EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#989EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EB2

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EB2	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.030 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bac9',
    500: '#989eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989eb2;
$custom-light: #b6bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 14.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.02999,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EB2

secondary

#D7D5CE

accent

#874D99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EB2

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

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