#989EC8#989EC8

#989EC8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.062 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EC8
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(233, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 7.05, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 23.32, 287.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.009 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.062 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5984, 35.2985, 59.5701)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EC8 #C8C298

analogous

#98B6C8 #989EC8 #AA98C8

triadic

#989EC8 #C8989E #9EC898

tetradic

#989EC8 #C898B6 #C8C298 #98C8AA

square

#989EC8 #C898B6 #C8C298 #98C8AA

split-complementary

#989EC8 #C8AA98 #B6C898

monochromatic

#505996 #7078B3 #989EC8 #C0C4DD #E8E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#989EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#989EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EC8

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EC8	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.062 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bad8',
    500: '#989ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ec8;
$custom-light: #b7bad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.06164,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EC8

secondary

#E5E3D7

accent

#9B3CA9

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111114

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EC8

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

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