#989EB4#989EB4

#989EB4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.033 H 273.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EB4
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(227, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 2.46, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 12.35, 281.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.002 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.033 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4121, 34.4239, 48.0553)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EB4 #B4AE98

analogous

#98ACB4 #989EB4 #A098B4

triadic

#989EB4 #B4989E #9EB498

tetradic

#989EB4 #B498AC #B4AE98 #98B4A0

square

#989EB4 #B498AC #B4AE98 #98B4A0

split-complementary

#989EB4 #B4A098 #ACB498

monochromatic

#585F79 #757D9A #989EB4 #BBBFCE #DFE1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#989EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#989EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EB4

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EB4	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.033 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6baca',
    500: '#989eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989eb4;
$custom-light: #b6baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7017,
    "c": 0.03283,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EB4

secondary

#D9D7CF

accent

#894C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EB4

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

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