#989ECD#989ECD

#989ECD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.069 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989ECD
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(233, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 8.25, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 26.07, 288.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0106 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.069 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1923, 35.5360, 62.6981)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989ECD #CDC798

analogous

#98B8CD #989ECD #AD98CD

triadic

#989ECD #CD989E #9ECD98

tetradic

#989ECD #CD98B8 #CDC798 #98CDAD

square

#989ECD #CD98B8 #CDC798 #98CDAD

split-complementary

#989ECD #CDAD98 #B8CD98

monochromatic

#4D569E #6F77B9 #989ECD #C1C5E1 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#989ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#989ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989ECD

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989ECD	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BA6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.069 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7badc',
    500: '#989ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ecd;
$custom-light: #b7badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.208,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71132,
    "c": 0.06886,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989ECD

secondary

#E8E6D9

accent

#A038AD

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FB

border

#D0D0D4

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989ECD

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

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