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Recognised as Colour

#89B5C8

  • #89B5C8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#89B5C8 is a cyan with RGB values 137, 181, 200 and HSL 198°, 36%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#89B5C8#89B5C8
HEX#89B5C8
RGBrgb(137, 181, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7098, 0.7843
RGB percentages53.7%, 71%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(198.1, 36.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.1, 31.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK31.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,024,968
CSS custom property--colour: #89B5C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42536WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.51:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#764A37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABB3C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1ABC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#74BBBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Light blue · ΔE 12.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Powder blue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C89C89
Analogous#89C8BB, #8996C8
Triadic#C889B5, #B5C889
Split complementary#C88996, #C8BB89
Tetradic#BB89C8, #C89C89, #96C889

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F6F9
Lighter +20%#CFE1E8
Lighter +10%#ACCBD8
Darker −10%#669FB8
Darker −20%#4B86A0
Darker −30%#3A697E
Darker −40%#2A4C5B
More saturated +25%#73BEDE
Less saturated −25%#9FACB2

Channel breakdown

R137
G181
B200
Red137 (53.7%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue198.1°
Saturation (HSL)36.42%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G B5 · B C8

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