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Recognised as Colour

#889AB5

  • #889AB5
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#889AB5 is a blue with RGB values 136, 154, 181 and HSL 216°, 23%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#889AB5#889AB5
HEX#889AB5
RGBrgb(136, 154, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6039, 0.7098
RGB percentages53.3%, 60.4%, 71%
HSLhsl(216, 23.3%, 62.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216, 24.9%, 71%)
CMYK24.9%, 14.9%, 0%, 29%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,952,501
CSS custom property--colour: #889AB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31682WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.34:1
Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#77654A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#919BB6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C97B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7CA0A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 9Slate grey · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Dark grey · ΔE 17.3Gray · ΔE 18.7Steel blue · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B5A388
Analogous#88B1B5, #8C88B5
Triadic#B5889A, #9AB588
Split complementary#B58D88, #B1B588
Tetradic#B588B1, #B5A388, #88B58D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E6EAF0
Lighter +20%#C7CFDC
Lighter +10%#A7B5C9
Darker −10%#697FA1
Darker −20%#526685
Darker −30%#3F4E65
Darker −40%#2B3646
More saturated +25%#7095CD
Less saturated −25%#9F9F9F

Channel breakdown

R136
G154
B181
Red136 (53.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue216°
Saturation (HSL)23.32%
Lightness62.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 9A · B B5

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