#989FAE#989FAE

#989FAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.023 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989FAE
RGB	rgb(152, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(221, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(221, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 0.60, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 8.65, 273.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0017 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.023 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9853, 34.5272, 44.9628)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989FAE #AEA798

analogous

#98AAAE #989FAE #9C98AE

triadic

#989FAE #AE989F #9FAE98

tetradic

#989FAE #AE98AA #AEA798 #98AE9C

square

#989FAE #AE98AA #AEA798 #98AE9C

split-complementary

#989FAE #AE9C98 #AAAE98

monochromatic

#5A6172 #767F93 #989FAE #BABFC9 #DDDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#989FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#989FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989FAE

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989FAE	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.023 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bbc6',
    500: '#989fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989fae;
$custom-light: #b6bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70171,
    "c": 0.02332,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989FAE

secondary

#D5D2CD

accent

#804F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111113

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989FAE

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

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