#899fe2

Color #899fe2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.65 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#899fe2

RGB

rgb(137, 159, 226)

HSL

hsl(225.2, 60.5%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(225.2, 39.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 29.6%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(66.22, 8.84, -36.35)

LCH

lch(66.22, 37.41, 283.67)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1015, 269.77)

HWB

hwb(225.2, 53.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2cc89

Analogous

#89cbe2

#899fe2

#a089e2

Triadic

#899fe2

#e2899f

#9fe289

Split-complementary

#899fe2

#e2a089

#cbe289

Tetradic

#899fe2

#cc89e2

#e2cc89

#9fe289

Square

#899fe2

#e289cb

#e2cc89

#89e2a0

Shades

Color #899fe2 mixed toward black.

#5978d6

#3054c2

#243f92

#182a61

#0c1531

Tints

Color #899fe2 mixed toward white.

#9dafe7

#b0bfec

#c4cff0

#d8dff5

#ebeffa

Tones

Color #899fe2 mixed toward gray.

#91a3db

#98a7d3

#9faacc

#a7aec4

#aeb2bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393d4 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#9290d1 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#8ac9c6 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899fe2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899fe2]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#899fe2 (#899fe2) is rgb(137, 159, 226) in RGB.

No, #899fe2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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