#989EB6#989EB6

#989EB6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.036 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EB6
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(228, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 2.90, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 13.44, 282.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0027 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.036 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6173, 34.5060, 49.1361)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EB6 #B6B098

analogous

#98ADB6 #989EB6 #A198B6

triadic

#989EB6 #B6989E #9EB698

tetradic

#989EB6 #B698AD #B6B098 #98B6A1

square

#989EB6 #B698AD #B6B098 #98B6A1

split-complementary

#989EB6 #B6A198 #ADB698

monochromatic

#585F7C #747C9D #989EB6 #BCC0CF #E0E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#989EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#989EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EB6

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EB6	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.036 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bacb',
    500: '#989eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989eb6;
$custom-light: #b6bacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 17.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70242,
    "c": 0.03569,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EB6

secondary

#DAD8D0

accent

#8B4A9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EB6

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

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