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Recognised as Colour

#89BECA

  • #89BECA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light blue

#89BECA is a cyan with RGB values 137, 190, 202 and HSL 191°, 38%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#89BECA#89BECA
HEX#89BECA
RGBrgb(137, 190, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7451, 0.7922
RGB percentages53.7%, 74.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(191.1, 38%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 32.2%, 79.2%)
CMYK32.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,027,274
CSS custom property--colour: #89BECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#764135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4BACBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB2CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#72C3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 10.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA9589
Analogous#89CAB6, #899DCA
Triadic#CA89BE, #BECA89
Split complementary#CA899D, #CAB689
Tetradic#B689CA, #CA9589, #9DCA89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F3F8F9
Lighter +20%#CFE5EA
Lighter +10%#ACD1DA
Darker −10%#66ABBA
Darker −20%#4993A4
Darker −30%#3A7380
Darker −40%#2A545D
More saturated +25%#74CBDF
Less saturated −25%#9EB1B5

Channel breakdown

R137
G190
B202
Red137 (53.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue191.08°
Saturation (HSL)38.01%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G BE · B CA

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