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Recognised as Colour

#889AE1

  • #889AE1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#889AE1 is a blue with RGB values 136, 154, 225 and HSL 228°, 60%, 71%. 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

#889AE1#889AE1
HEX#889AE1
RGBrgb(136, 154, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6039, 0.8824
RGB percentages53.3%, 60.4%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(227.9, 59.7%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.9, 39.6%, 88.2%)
CMYK39.6%, 31.6%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,952,545
CSS custom property--colour: #889AE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.76:1
Contrast with white2.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#77651E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82A1E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B9ADFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#6CA8B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.8Steel blue · ΔE 20.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 26Plum · ΔE 28.1Light skyblue · ΔE 28.2Light steelblue · ΔE 29.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1CF88
Analogous#88C6E1, #A288E1
Triadic#E1889A, #9AE188
Split complementary#E1A388, #C6E188
Tetradic#E188C6, #E1CF88, #88E1A2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9DFF6
Lighter +10%#B1BDEB
Darker −10%#5F77D7
Darker −20%#3755CC
Darker −30%#2A43A6
Darker −40%#20337D
More saturated +25%#758FF4
Less saturated −25%#9BA5CE

Channel breakdown

R136
G154
B225
Red136 (53.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue227.87°
Saturation (HSL)59.73%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 9A · B E1

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