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Recognised as Colour

#89B2EA

  • #89B2EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#89B2EA is a blue with RGB values 137, 178, 234 and HSL 215°, 70%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#89B2EA#89B2EA
HEX#89B2EA
RGBrgb(137, 178, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.698, 0.9176
RGB percentages53.7%, 69.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(214.6, 69.8%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.6, 41.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK41.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,024,234
CSS custom property--colour: #89B2EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.431WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#764D15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#92ABE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#66BEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 14.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC189
Analogous#89E3EA, #9089EA
Triadic#EA89B2, #B2EA89
Split complementary#EA9089, #E3EA89
Tetradic#EA89E3, #EAC189, #89EA90

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EBF9
Lighter +10%#B4CEF2
Darker −10%#5E96E2
Darker −20%#3279DB
Darker −30%#2161B9
Darker −40%#194A8E
More saturated +25%#78AFFB
Less saturated −25%#9AB5D9

Channel breakdown

R137
G178
B234
Red137 (53.7%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue214.64°
Saturation (HSL)69.78%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G B2 · B EA

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