#989EC6#989EC6

#989EC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.059 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EC6
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(232, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(232, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 6.57, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 22.22, 287.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0083 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.059 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3662, 35.2056, 58.3472)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EC6 #C6C098

analogous

#98B5C6 #989EC6 #A998C6

triadic

#989EC6 #C6989E #9EC698

tetradic

#989EC6 #C698B5 #C6C098 #98C6A9

square

#989EC6 #C698B5 #C6C098 #98C6A9

split-complementary

#989EC6 #C6A998 #B5C698

monochromatic

#515A93 #7179B0 #989EC6 #BFC3DC #E7E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#989EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#989EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EC6

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EC6	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.059 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bad7',
    500: '#989ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ec6;
$custom-light: #b7bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.174,
    "s": 28.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.05876,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EC6

secondary

#E4E2D6

accent

#9A3EA7

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EC6

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

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