#89aae2

Color #89aae2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.44 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#89aae2

RGB

rgb(137, 170, 226)

HSL

hsl(217.8, 60.5%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.8, 39.4%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.4%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(69.15, 2.64, -31.79)

LCH

lch(69.15, 31.9, 274.75)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.0896, 260.75)

HWB

hwb(217.8, 53.7%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2c189

Analogous

#89d6e2

#89aae2

#9589e2

Triadic

#89aae2

#e289aa

#aae289

Split-complementary

#89aae2

#e29589

#d6e289

Tetradic

#89aae2

#c189e2

#e2c189

#aae289

Square

#89aae2

#e289d6

#e2c189

#89e295

Shades

Color #89aae2 mixed toward black.

#5987d6

#3066c2

#244d92

#183361

#0c1a31

Tints

Color #89aae2 mixed toward white.

#9db8e7

#b0c6ec

#c4d5f0

#d8e3f5

#ebf1fa

Tones

Color #89aae2 mixed toward gray.

#91acdb

#98aed3

#9fb0cc

#a7b2c4

#aeb4bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899d6 · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#9694d3 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#8bccca · ΔE 22.8

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #89aae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89aae2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#89aae2 (#89aae2) is rgb(137, 170, 226) in RGB.

No, #89aae2 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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