#89b3ec

Color #89b3ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.31 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#89b3ec

RGB

rgb(137, 179, 236)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 72.3%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 41.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(71.97, 0.37, -32.89)

LCH

lch(71.97, 32.89, 270.64)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.0942, 256.18)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 53.7%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecc289

Analogous

#89e5ec

#89b3ec

#9089ec

Triadic

#89b3ec

#ec89b3

#b3ec89

Split-complementary

#89b3ec

#ec9089

#e5ec89

Tetradic

#89b3ec

#c289ec

#ecc289

#b3ec89

Square

#89b3ec

#ec89e5

#ecc289

#89ec90

Shades

Color #89b3ec mixed toward black.

#5391e3

#226fd6

#1a53a1

#11376b

#091c36

Tints

Color #89b3ec mixed toward white.

#9dc0ef

#b0ccf2

#c4d9f5

#d8e6f9

#ebf2fc

Tones

Color #89b3ec mixed toward gray.

#91b4e4

#99b5db

#a2b7d3

#aab8cb

#b2b9c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9de0 · ΔE 11.2

Deuteranopia

#9a97dd · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#8bd6d3 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #89b3ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#89b3ec]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#89b3ec (#89b3ec) is rgb(137, 179, 236) in RGB.

No, #89b3ec 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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