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Recognised as Colour

#89BEE6

  • #89BEE6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#89BEE6 is a blue with RGB values 137, 190, 230 and HSL 206°, 65%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#89BEE6#89BEE6
HEX#89BEE6
RGBrgb(137, 190, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7451, 0.902
RGB percentages53.7%, 74.5%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(205.8, 65%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205.8, 40.4%, 90.2%)
CMYK40.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,027,302
CSS custom property--colour: #89BEE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.57:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#764119

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBEE8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B4E5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#66C8CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 17Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.2Powder blue · ΔE 21.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6B189
Analogous#89E6DF, #8990E6
Triadic#E689BE, #BEE689
Split complementary#E68990, #E6E089
Tetradic#DF89E6, #E6B189, #8FE689

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDECF8
Lighter +10%#B3D5EF
Darker −10%#5FA7DD
Darker −20%#3590D4
Darker −30%#2575B1
Darker −40%#1C5987
More saturated +25%#77C0F8
Less saturated −25%#9BBCD4

Channel breakdown

R137
G190
B230
Red137 (53.7%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue205.81°
Saturation (HSL)65.03%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G BE · B E6

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