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Recognised as Colour

#89BFF9

  • #89BFF9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#89BFF9 is a blue with RGB values 137, 191, 249 and HSL 211°, 90%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#89BFF9#89BFF9
HEX#89BFF9
RGBrgb(137, 191, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.749, 0.9765
RGB percentages53.7%, 74.9%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(211.1, 90.3%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.1, 45%, 97.6%)
CMYK45%, 23.3%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,027,577
CSS custom property--colour: #89BFF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.88:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#764006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8C1FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB6F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5BCCD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.1Light steelblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9C389
Analogous#89F7F9, #8B89F9
Triadic#F989BF, #BFF989
Split complementary#F98B89, #F7F989
Tetradic#F989F7, #F9C389, #89F98B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF4FE
Lighter +10%#BAD9FB
Darker −10%#58A5F7
Darker −20%#288AF4
Darker −30%#0B71DE
Darker −40%#0958AD
More saturated +25%#83BFFF
Less saturated −25%#99C0EA

Channel breakdown

R137
G191
B249
Red137 (53.7%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue211.07°
Saturation (HSL)90.32%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G BF · B F9

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