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Recognised as Colour

#89BFCC

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

#89BFCC is a cyan with RGB values 137, 191, 204 and HSL 192°, 40%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#89BFCC#89BFCC
HEX#89BFCC
RGBrgb(137, 191, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.749, 0.8
RGB percentages53.7%, 74.9%, 80%
HSLhsl(191.6, 39.6%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 32.8%, 80%)
CMYK32.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,027,532
CSS custom property--colour: #89BFCC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.39:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#764033

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5BBCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB3CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#71C4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.4Powder blue · ΔE 12.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 10.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC9689
Analogous#89CCB8, #899ECC
Triadic#CC89BF, #BFCC89
Split complementary#CC899D, #CCB889
Tetradic#B889CC, #CC9689, #9ECC89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F9FA
Lighter +20%#D0E6EB
Lighter +10%#ADD2DB
Darker −10%#65ACBD
Darker −20%#4894A7
Darker −30%#397583
Darker −40%#295560
More saturated +25%#74CCE1
Less saturated −25%#9EB2B7

Channel breakdown

R137
G191
B204
Red137 (53.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue191.64°
Saturation (HSL)39.64%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G BF · B CC

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