#989FCB#989FCB

#989FCB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.065 H 277.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#989FCB
RGB	rgb(152, 159, 203)
HSL	hsl(232, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(232, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 7.21, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 24.42, 287.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0085 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.065 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1237, 35.7826, 61.4918)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#989FCB #CBC498

analogous

#98B9CB #989FCB #AB98CB

triadic

#989FCB #CB989F #9FCB98

tetradic

#989FCB #CB98B9 #CBC498 #98CBAB

square

#989FCB #CB98B9 #CBC498 #98CBAB

split-complementary

#989FCB #CBAB98 #B9CB98

monochromatic

#4E599B #6F79B6 #989FCB #C1C5E0 #E9EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#989FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#989FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #989FCB

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##989FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##989FCB	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #989fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 159, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.065 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7bbdb',
    500: '#989fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #989fcb;
$custom-light: #b7bbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#989fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.765,
    "s": 32.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71256,
    "c": 0.06466,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#989FCB

secondary

#E7E5D8

accent

#9C3AAC

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#111115

muted

#808083

Preview Lab

Preview with #989FCB

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

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