#989FAA#989FAA

#989FAA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.018 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989FAA
RGB	rgb(152, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(217, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(217, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -0.25, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 6.57, 267.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0033 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.018 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6012, 34.3736, 42.9396)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989FAA #AAA398

analogous

#98A8AA #989FAA #9A98AA

triadic

#989FAA #AA989F #9FAA98

tetradic

#989FAA #AA98A8 #AAA398 #98AA9A

square

#989FAA #AA98A8 #AAA398 #98AA9A

split-complementary

#989FAA #AA9A98 #A8AA98

monochromatic

#5A626D #76808E #989FAA #BABEC6 #DBDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#989FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#989FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989FAA

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989FAA	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)

#9C9FAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.018 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bbc3',
    500: '#989faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989faa;
$custom-light: #b6bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 9.574,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70036,
    "c": 0.01796,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989FAA

secondary

#D2D0CC

accent

#7A5294

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#111112

muted

#808081

Preview Lab

Preview with #989FAA

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

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