#989EDD#989EDD

#989EDD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EDD
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(235, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(235, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 12.23, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 34.84, 290.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0153 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.092 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2233, 36.3484, 73.3946)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EDD #DDD798

analogous

#98C0DD #989EDD #B498DD

triadic

#989EDD #DD989E #9EDD98

tetradic

#989EDD #DD98C0 #DDD798 #98DDB4

square

#989EDD #DD98C0 #DDD798 #98DDB4

split-complementary

#989EDD #DDB498 #C0DD98

monochromatic

#3E49BC #6A73CE #989EDD #C6C9EC #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#989EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#989EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EDD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EDD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86AAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8bae7',
    500: '#989edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989edd;
$custom-light: #b8bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EDD

secondary

#EEEDDD

accent

#B128BE

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FC

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111116

muted

#808084

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EDD

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

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