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Colour

#89C8DB

  • #89C8DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#89C8DB is a cyan with RGB values 137, 200, 219 and HSL 194°, 53%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#89C8DB#89C8DB
HEX#89C8DB
RGBrgb(137, 200, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7843, 0.8588
RGB percentages53.7%, 78.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(193.9, 53.2%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 37.4%, 85.9%)
CMYK37.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,029,851
CSS custom property--colour: #89C8DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51741WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.35:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#763724

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC4DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6ACFCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.9Light blue · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 12Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB9C89
Analogous#89DBC5, #899FDB
Triadic#DB89C8, #C8DB89
Split complementary#DB899F, #DBC589
Tetradic#C589DB, #DB9C89, #9FDB89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7ECF3
Lighter +10%#B0DAE7
Darker −10%#62B6CF
Darker −20%#3BA3C3
Darker −30%#2F839C
Darker −40%#246274
More saturated +25%#76D2EE
Less saturated −25%#9CBEC8

Channel breakdown

R137
G200
B219
Red137 (53.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue193.9°
Saturation (HSL)53.25%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G C8 · B DB

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