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Recognised as Colour

#89A8CE

  • #89A8CE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#89A8CE is a blue with RGB values 137, 168, 206 and HSL 213°, 41%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#89A8CE#89A8CE
HEX#89A8CE
RGBrgb(137, 168, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.6588, 0.8078
RGB percentages53.7%, 65.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(213, 41.3%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213, 33.5%, 80.8%)
CMYK33.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,021,646
CSS custom property--colour: #89A8CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.56:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#765731

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9AA9D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#92A2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Tritanopia#74B0B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 13Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light slate grey · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 18.2Slate grey · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 13.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEAF89
Analogous#89CBCE, #8C89CE
Triadic#CE89A8, #A8CE89
Split complementary#CE8D89, #CBCE89
Tetradic#CE89CB, #CEAF89, #89CE8D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F8FB
Lighter +20%#D1DDEC
Lighter +10%#ADC3DD
Darker −10%#658DBF
Darker −20%#4773AA
Darker −30%#385B86
Darker −40%#294362
More saturated +25%#74A6E3
Less saturated −25%#9EAAB9

Channel breakdown

R137
G168
B206
Red137 (53.7%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue213.04°
Saturation (HSL)41.32%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G A8 · B CE

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