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Recognised as Colour

#89CADE

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

#89CADE is a cyan with RGB values 137, 202, 222 and HSL 194°, 56%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#89CADE#89CADE
HEX#89CADE
RGBrgb(137, 202, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.7922, 0.8706
RGB percentages53.7%, 79.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(194.1, 56.3%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 38.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK38.3%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer9,030,366
CSS custom property--colour: #89CADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52833WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#763521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC6DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0BCDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#68D1D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.1Light blue · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 12Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE9D89
Analogous#89DEC7, #899FDE
Triadic#DE89CA, #CADE89
Split complementary#DE899F, #DEC789
Tetradic#C789DE, #DE9D89, #9FDE89

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D9EEF4
Lighter +10%#B1DCE9
Darker −10%#61B8D3
Darker −20%#39A6C8
Darker −30%#2D86A1
Darker −40%#226579
More saturated +25%#76D4F1
Less saturated −25%#9CC0CB

Channel breakdown

R137
G202
B222
Red137 (53.7%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)56.29%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G CA · B DE

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