#89a5bb

Color #89a5bb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.24 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#89a5bb

RGB

rgb(137, 165, 187)

HSL

hsl(206.4, 26.9%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(206.4, 26.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(66.38, -4.59, -14.49)

LCH

lch(66.38, 15.2, 252.42)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0449, 241.95)

HWB

hwb(206.4, 53.7%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb9f89

Analogous

#89bbb8

#89a5bb

#898cbb

Triadic

#89a5bb

#bb89a5

#a5bb89

Split-complementary

#89a5bb

#bb898c

#bbb889

Tetradic

#89a5bb

#9f89bb

#bb9f89

#a5bb89

Square

#89a5bb

#b889bb

#bb9f89

#8cbb89

Shades

Color #89a5bb mixed toward black.

#678ba7

#4f6f89

#3b5467

#273844

#141c22

Tints

Color #89a5bb mixed toward white.

#9db4c6

#b0c3d2

#c4d2dd

#d8e1e8

#ebf0f4

Tones

Color #89a5bb mixed toward gray.

#8da4b7

#91a4b3

#95a3ae

#9aa3aa

#9ea2a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9696b6 · ΔE 13.3

Deuteranopia

#9492b5 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#8bb2b1 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #89a5bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89a5bb]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Charcoal #36454f

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#89a5bb (#89a5bb) is rgb(137, 165, 187) in RGB.

No, #89a5bb 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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