#989EE9#989EE9

#989EE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 279.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989EE9
RGB	rgb(152, 158, 233)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(236, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 15.33, -38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 41.40, 291.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0185 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.109 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8796, 37.0109, 82.1176)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989EE9 #E9E398

analogous

#98C6E9 #989EE9 #BB98E9

triadic

#989EE9 #E9989E #9EE998

tetradic

#989EE9 #E998C6 #E9E398 #98E9BB

square

#989EE9 #E998C6 #E9E398 #98E9BB

split-complementary

#989EE9 #E9BB98 #C6E998

monochromatic

#333FD3 #666FDE #989EE9 #CACDF4 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#989EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#989EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989EE9

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989EE9	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 158, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8baf0',
    500: '#989ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989ee9;
$custom-light: #b8baf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989EE9

secondary

#F1EFDA

accent

#BF19CD

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#121116

muted

#818084

Preview Lab

Preview with #989EE9

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

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