#989FA9#989FA9

#989FA9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.017 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989FA9
RGB	rgb(152, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(215, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(215, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -0.46, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 6.07, 265.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0037 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.017 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5069, 34.3359, 42.4433)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989FA9 #A9A298

analogous

#98A7A9 #989FA9 #9998A9

triadic

#989FA9 #A9989F #9FA998

tetradic

#989FA9 #A998A7 #A9A298 #98A999

square

#989FA9 #A998A7 #A9A298 #98A999

split-complementary

#989FA9 #A99998 #A7A998

monochromatic

#5A626C #77808D #989FA9 #B9BEC5 #DBDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#989FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#989FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989FA9

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989FA9	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.017 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bbc2',
    500: '#989fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989fa9;
$custom-light: #b6bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 8.995,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70003,
    "c": 0.01666,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989FA9

secondary

#D1CFCB

accent

#785393

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989FA9

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

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