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Recognised as Colour

#89ADE8

  • #89ADE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#89ADE8 is a blue with RGB values 137, 173, 232 and HSL 217°, 67%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#89ADE8#89ADE8
HEX#89ADE8
RGBrgb(137, 173, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.6784, 0.9098
RGB percentages53.7%, 67.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(217.3, 67.4%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.3, 40.9%, 91%)
CMYK40.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,022,952
CSS custom property--colour: #89ADE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1
Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#765217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B1EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DA8E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#68BAC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Steel blue · ΔE 19Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.3Sky blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8C489
Analogous#89DCE8, #9589E8
Triadic#E889AD, #ADE889
Split complementary#E89489, #DDE889
Tetradic#E889DC, #E8C489, #89E894

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE8F9
Lighter +10%#B4CBF0
Darker −10%#5E8FE0
Darker −20%#3472D7
Darker −30%#235AB5
Darker −40%#1B458A
More saturated +25%#77A9FA
Less saturated −25%#9BB1D6

Channel breakdown

R137
G173
B232
Red137 (53.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue217.26°
Saturation (HSL)67.38%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G AD · B E8

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