#898ae8

Color #898ae8

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#898ae8

RGB

rgb(137, 138, 232)

HSL

hsl(239.4, 67.4%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.4, 40.9%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.9%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(61.06, 22.65, -47.75)

LCH

lch(61.06, 52.85, 295.38)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.1374, 281.59)

HWB

hwb(239.4, 53.7%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e8e789

Analogous

#89bae8

#898ae8

#b889e8

Triadic

#898ae8

#e8898a

#8ae889

Split-complementary

#898ae8

#e8b889

#bae889

Tetradic

#898ae8

#e789e8

#e8e789

#8ae889

Square

#898ae8

#e889ba

#e8e789

#89e8b8

Shades

Color #898ae8 mixed toward black.

#5657de

#282ace

#1e1f9b

#141567

#0a0a34

Tints

Color #898ae8 mixed toward white.

#9d9eec

#b0b1f0

#c4c5f4

#d8d8f7

#ebecfb

Tones

Color #898ae8 mixed toward gray.

#9192e0

#999ad8

#a1a1d0

#a9a9c8

#b1b1c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.86:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989d6 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8989d2 · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#89c6c3 · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 24.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898ae8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898ae8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898ae8 (#898ae8) is rgb(137, 138, 232) in RGB.

No, #898ae8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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