#989EC4#989EC4

#989EC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.056 H 277.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EC4
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 196)
HSL	hsl(232, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(232, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 6.10, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 21.12, 286.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0076 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.056 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1371, 35.1139, 57.1403)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EC4 #C4BE98

analogous

#98B4C4 #989EC4 #A898C4

triadic

#989EC4 #C4989E #9EC498

tetradic

#989EC4 #C498B4 #C4BE98 #98C4A8

square

#989EC4 #C498B4 #C4BE98 #98C4A8

split-complementary

#989EC4 #C4A898 #B4C498

monochromatic

#525B8F #7179AE #989EC4 #BFC3DA #E6E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#989EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#989EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EC4

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EC4	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.056 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bad6',
    500: '#989ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ec4;
$custom-light: #b7bad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 27.16,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7077,
    "c": 0.05586,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EC4

secondary

#E3E1D5

accent

#9840A6

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EC4

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

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