#989EBD#989EBD

#989EBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.046 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EBD
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(230, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(230, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 4.48, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 17.28, 285.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0052 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.046 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3588, 34.8026, 53.0416)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EBD #BDB798

analogous

#98B1BD #989EBD #A598BD

triadic

#989EBD #BD989E #9EBD98

tetradic

#989EBD #BD98B1 #BDB798 #98BDA5

square

#989EBD #BD98B1 #BDB798 #98BDA5

split-complementary

#989EBD #BDA598 #B1BD98

monochromatic

#555D85 #737BA5 #989EBD #BDC1D5 #E3E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#989EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#989EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EBD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EBD	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.046 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bad1',
    500: '#989ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ebd;
$custom-light: #b6bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.27,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.705,
    "c": 0.04576,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EBD

secondary

#DEDCD2

accent

#9245A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EBD

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

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