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Recognised as Colour

#89A6E6

  • #89A6E6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#89A6E6 is a blue with RGB values 137, 166, 230 and HSL 221°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#89A6E6#89A6E6
HEX#89A6E6
RGBrgb(137, 166, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.651, 0.902
RGB percentages53.7%, 65.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(221.3, 65%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 40.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK40.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,021,158
CSS custom property--colour: #89A6E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.66:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#765919

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90ABE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A3E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6AB3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 15.6Steel blue · ΔE 19Light skyblue · ΔE 21.5Light steelblue · ΔE 23.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.1Sky blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 15.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6C989
Analogous#89D5E6, #9A89E6
Triadic#E689A6, #A6E689
Split complementary#E69A89, #D5E689
Tetradic#E689D5, #E6C989, #89E69A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDE5F8
Lighter +10%#B3C6EF
Darker −10%#5F86DD
Darker −20%#3567D4
Darker −30%#2551B1
Darker −40%#1C3E87
More saturated +25%#779FF8
Less saturated −25%#9BADD4

Channel breakdown

R137
G166
B230
Red137 (53.7%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue221.29°
Saturation (HSL)65.03%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G A6 · B E6

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