#898ae2

Color #898ae2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 12.51 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#898ae2

RGB

rgb(137, 138, 226)

HSL

hsl(239.3, 60.5%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.3, 39.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(60.77, 20.98, -44.89)

LCH

lch(60.77, 49.55, 295.05)

OKLCH

oklch(67%, 0.129, 281.86)

HWB

hwb(239.3, 53.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e189

Analogous

#89b7e2

#898ae2

#b589e2

Triadic

#898ae2

#e2898a

#8ae289

Split-complementary

#898ae2

#e2b589

#b7e289

Tetradic

#898ae2

#e189e2

#e2e189

#8ae289

Square

#898ae2

#e289b7

#e2e189

#89e2b5

Shades

Color #898ae2 mixed toward black.

#595ad6

#3032c2

#242592

#181961

#0c0c31

Tints

Color #898ae2 mixed toward white.

#9d9ee7

#b0b1ec

#c4c5f0

#d8d8f5

#ebecfa

Tones

Color #898ae2 mixed toward gray.

#9191db

#9899d3

#9fa0cc

#a7a7c4

#aeaebd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.8:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989d1 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8989cd · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#89c2bf · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898ae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898ae2]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898ae2 (#898ae2) is rgb(137, 138, 226) in RGB.

No, #898ae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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