#89b1cb

Color #89b1cb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.39 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#89b1cb

RGB

rgb(137, 177, 203)

HSL

hsl(203.6, 38.8%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.6, 32.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(70.23, -7.19, -17.53)

LCH

lch(70.23, 18.95, 247.7)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0573, 237.03)

HWB

hwb(203.6, 53.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cba389

Analogous

#89cbc4

#89b1cb

#8990cb

Triadic

#89b1cb

#cb89b1

#b1cb89

Split-complementary

#89b1cb

#cb8990

#cbc489

Tetradic

#89b1cb

#a389cb

#cba389

#b1cb89

Square

#89b1cb

#c489cb

#cba389

#90cb89

Shades

Color #89b1cb mixed toward black.

#6297ba

#457b9d

#345c76

#233d4f

#111f27

Tints

Color #89b1cb mixed toward white.

#9dbed4

#b0cbdc

#c4d8e5

#d8e5ee

#ebf2f6

Tones

Color #89b1cb mixed toward gray.

#8fb0c6

#94afc0

#9aaebb

#9facb5

#a5abb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9c9cc5 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#9a96c4 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#8bc0bf · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #89b1cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89b1cb]

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Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#89b1cb (#89b1cb) is rgb(137, 177, 203) in RGB.

No, #89b1cb 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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