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Recognised as Colour

#889AF9

  • #889AF9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#889AF9 is a blue with RGB values 136, 154, 249 and HSL 230°, 90%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#889AF9#889AF9
HEX#889AF9
RGBrgb(136, 154, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6039, 0.9765
RGB percentages53.3%, 60.4%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(230.4, 90.4%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.4, 45.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK45.4%, 38.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,952,569
CSS custom property--colour: #889AF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#776506

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#77A5FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6D9CF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#5FAEBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 17.3Medium purple · ΔE 21.8Royal blue · ΔE 25.4Slate blue · ΔE 28.6Steel blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9E788
Analogous#88D3F9, #AF88F9
Triadic#F9889A, #9AF988
Split complementary#F9AE88, #D3F988
Tetradic#F988D3, #F9E788, #88F9AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9ECFE
Lighter +10%#B9C3FB
Darker −10%#5771F7
Darker −20%#2748F4
Darker −30%#0B2DDD
Darker −40%#0923AC
More saturated +25%#8296FF
Less saturated −25%#98A5E9

Channel breakdown

R136
G154
B249
Red136 (53.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue230.44°
Saturation (HSL)90.4%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 9A · B F9

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