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Colour

#8899EE

  • #8899EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#8899EE is a blue with RGB values 136, 153, 238 and HSL 230°, 75%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#8899EE#8899EE
HEX#8899EE
HEX (short)#89E
RGBrgb(136, 153, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6, 0.9333
RGB percentages53.3%, 60%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(230, 75%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230, 42.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK42.9%, 35.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,952,302
CSS custom property--colour: #8899EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.84:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#776611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA2F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#729AECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#66AAB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.3Medium purple · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Royal blue · ΔE 29Plum · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDD88
Analogous#88CCEE, #AA88EE
Triadic#EE8899, #99EE88
Split complementary#EEAA88, #CCEE88
Tetradic#EE88CC, #EEDD88, #88EEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1E6FB
Lighter +10%#B5BFF4
Darker −10%#5B73E8
Darker −20%#2F4CE1
Darker −30%#1C37C1
Darker −40%#152A95
More saturated +25%#778EFF
Less saturated −25%#99A4DD

Channel breakdown

R136
G153
B238
Red136 (53.3%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue230°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 99 · B EE

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