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Recognised as Colour

#889ADE

  • #889ADE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#889ADE is a blue with RGB values 136, 154, 222 and HSL 227°, 57%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#889ADE#889ADE
HEX#889ADE
RGBrgb(136, 154, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6039, 0.8706
RGB percentages53.3%, 60.4%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(227.4, 56.6%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.4, 38.7%, 87.1%)
CMYK38.7%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,952,542
CSS custom property--colour: #889ADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.72:1
Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#776521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83A1E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C9ADCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#6DA8B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.1Steel blue · ΔE 19.4Light skyblue · ΔE 27.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.3Plum · ΔE 27.9Light steelblue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECC88
Analogous#88C5DE, #A188DE
Triadic#DE889A, #9ADE88
Split complementary#DEA188, #C5DE88
Tetradic#DE88C5, #DECC88, #88DEA1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8DEF4
Lighter +10%#B0BCE9
Darker −10%#6078D3
Darker −20%#3856C8
Darker −30%#2D45A0
Darker −40%#213479
More saturated +25%#758FF1
Less saturated −25%#9BA5CB

Channel breakdown

R136
G154
B222
Red136 (53.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue227.44°
Saturation (HSL)56.58%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 9A · B DE

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