#89a9ff

Color #89a9ff

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#89a9ff

RGB

rgb(137, 169, 255)

HSL

hsl(223.7, 100%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(223.7, 46.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.3%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(70.11, 11.31, -46.09)

LCH

lch(70.11, 47.46, 283.79)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.1297, 267.7)

HWB

hwb(223.7, 53.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffdf89

Analogous

#89e4ff

#89a9ff

#a489ff

Triadic

#89a9ff

#ff89a9

#a9ff89

Split-complementary

#89a9ff

#ffa489

#e4ff89

Tetradic

#89a9ff

#df89ff

#ffdf89

#a9ff89

Square

#89a9ff

#ff89e4

#ffdf89

#89ffa4

Shades

Color #89a9ff mixed toward black.

#487aff

#064aff

#0035c4

#002483

#001241

Tints

Color #89a9ff mixed toward white.

#9db7ff

#b0c6ff

#c4d4ff

#d8e2ff

#ebf1ff

Tones

Color #89a9ff mixed toward gray.

#93aef5

#9db2eb

#a7b7e2

#b0bbd8

#bac0ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898ee · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#9694ea · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#8bdfdc · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 23.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #89a9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89a9ff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#89a9ff (#89a9ff) is rgb(137, 169, 255) in RGB.

No, #89a9ff 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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