#989FBD#989FBD

#989FBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.045 H 274.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989FBD
RGB	rgb(152, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(229, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(229, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 3.92, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 16.75, 283.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0038 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.045 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5301, 35.1452, 53.0987)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#989FBD #BDB698

analogous

#98B2BD #989FBD #A498BD

triadic

#989FBD #BD989F #9FBD98

tetradic

#989FBD #BD98B2 #BDB698 #98BDA4

square

#989FBD #BD98B2 #BDB698 #98BDA4

split-complementary

#989FBD #BDA498 #B2BD98

monochromatic

#555E85 #737CA5 #989FBD #BDC2D5 #E3E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#989FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#989FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989FBD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989FBD	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.045 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6bbd1',
    500: '#989fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989fbd;
$custom-light: #b6bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.649,
    "s": 21.893,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.04451,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989FBD

secondary

#DEDCD2

accent

#8F45A0

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#111114

muted

#808082

Preview Lab

Preview with #989FBD

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

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