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Recognised as Colour

#89B8EC

  • #89B8EC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#89B8EC is a blue with RGB values 137, 184, 236 and HSL 212°, 72%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#89B8EC#89B8EC
HEX#89B8EC
RGBrgb(137, 184, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7216, 0.9255
RGB percentages53.7%, 72.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(211.5, 72.3%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.5, 41.9%, 92.5%)
CMYK41.9%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,025,772
CSS custom property--colour: #89B8EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.13:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#764713

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4BAEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#64C4CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.9Light steelblue · ΔE 16.5Sky blue · ΔE 16.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3Steel blue · ΔE 21Light blue · ΔE 23.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECBD89
Analogous#89EAEC, #8C89EC
Triadic#EC89B8, #B8EC89
Split complementary#EC8B89, #EAEC89
Tetradic#EC89EA, #ECBD89, #89EC8C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E1EDFA
Lighter +10%#B5D2F3
Darker −10%#5D9EE5
Darker −20%#3183DE
Darker −30%#1F6ABD
Darker −40%#175192
More saturated +25%#78B7FD
Less saturated −25%#9AB9DB

Channel breakdown

R137
G184
B236
Red137 (53.7%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue211.52°
Saturation (HSL)72.26%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G B8 · B EC

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