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Recognised as Colour

#89C8BC

  • #89C8BC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#89C8BC is a cyan with RGB values 137, 200, 188 and HSL 169°, 36%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#89C8BC#89C8BC
HEX#89C8BC
RGBrgb(137, 200, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7843, 0.7373
RGB percentages53.7%, 78.4%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(168.6, 36.4%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.6, 31.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK31.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,029,820
CSS custom property--colour: #89C8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.05:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#763743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C1BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7B9BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Tritanopia#76CAC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 15.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Cadetblue · ΔE 16.9Light blue · ΔE 17.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 15.15, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C88995
Analogous#89C89C, #89B5C8
Triadic#BC89C8, #C8BC89
Split complementary#C889B5, #C89C89
Tetradic#9C89C8, #C88995, #B5C889

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F9F7
Lighter +20%#CFE8E4
Lighter +10%#ACD8D0
Darker −10%#66B8A8
Darker −20%#4BA090
Darker −30%#3A7E71
Darker −40%#2A5B51
More saturated +25%#73DEC9
Less saturated −25%#9FB2AF

Channel breakdown

R137
G200
B188
Red137 (53.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue168.57°
Saturation (HSL)36.42%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 89 · G C8 · B BC

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