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Colour

#89AEED

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

#89AEED is a blue with RGB values 137, 174, 237 and HSL 218°, 74%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#89AEED#89AEED
HEX#89AEED
RGBrgb(137, 174, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.6824, 0.9294
RGB percentages53.7%, 68.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(217.8, 73.5%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.8, 42.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK42.2%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,023,213
CSS custom property--colour: #89AEED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41705WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.34:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#765112

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#65BBC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 20Light steelblue · ΔE 22.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.3Sky blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDC889
Analogous#89E0ED, #9689ED
Triadic#ED89AE, #AEED89
Split complementary#ED9689, #E0ED89
Tetradic#ED89E0, #EDC889, #89ED96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EBFB
Lighter +10%#B5CCF4
Darker −10%#5D90E6
Darker −20%#3171E0
Darker −30%#1D59C0
Darker −40%#164594
More saturated +25%#78AAFE
Less saturated −25%#9AB2DC

Channel breakdown

R137
G174
B237
Red137 (53.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue217.8°
Saturation (HSL)73.53%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G AE · B ED

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