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Recognised as Colour

#889BB3

  • #889BB3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#889BB3 is a blue with RGB values 136, 155, 179 and HSL 213°, 22%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#889BB3#889BB3
HEX#889BB3
RGBrgb(136, 155, 179)
RGB (0–1)0.5333, 0.6078, 0.702
RGB percentages53.3%, 60.8%, 70.2%
HSLhsl(213.5, 22.1%, 61.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.5, 24%, 70.2%)
CMYK24%, 13.4%, 0%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,952,755
CSS custom property--colour: #889BB3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31932WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.39:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#77644C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#939CB4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E97B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#7DA0A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 8.2Slate grey · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Dark grey · ΔE 15.9Gray · ΔE 17.6Cadetblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 8.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B3A088
Analogous#88B1B3, #8B88B3
Triadic#B3889B, #9BB388
Split complementary#B38B88, #B1B388
Tetradic#B388B1, #B3A088, #88B38B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E5E9EF
Lighter +20%#C6CFDB
Lighter +10%#A7B5C7
Darker −10%#69819F
Darker −20%#536882
Darker −30%#3F4F63
Darker −40%#2B3644
More saturated +25%#7098CB
Less saturated −25%#9E9E9E

Channel breakdown

R136
G155
B179
Red136 (53.3%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue179 (70.2%)
Hue213.49°
Saturation (HSL)22.05%
Lightness61.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 88 · G 9B · B B3

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