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#889CEE

#889cee ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#889cee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 61.18% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.86% cyan, 34.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 228.24°, with 75% saturation and 73.33% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.5.

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Relative luminance0.3518

Complementary

  1. #889cee
  2. #eeda88

Split complementary

  1. #889cee
  2. #eea788
  3. #cfee88

Analogous

  1. #88cfee
  2. #889cee
  3. #a788ee

Triadic

  1. #889cee
  2. #ee889c
  3. #9cee88

Tetradic

  1. #889cee
  2. #da88ee
  3. #eeda88
  4. #9cee88

Square

  1. #889cee
  2. #ee88cf
  3. #eeda88
  4. #88eea7

Monochromatic

  1. #1c3cc1
  2. #4564e4
  3. #889cee
  4. #cbd4f8
  5. #edf0fc

Shades

#889cee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #889cee
  2. #7a8cd6
  3. #6d7dbe
  4. #5f6da7
  5. #525e8f
  6. #444e77
  7. #363e5f
  8. #292f47
  9. #1b1f30
  10. #0e1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#889cee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #889cee
  2. #94a6f0
  3. #a0b0f1
  4. #acbaf3
  5. #b8c4f5
  6. #c4cef7
  7. #cfd7f8
  8. #dbe1fa
  9. #e7ebfc
  10. #f3f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#889cee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #889cee
  2. #8799e3
  3. #8696d8
  4. #8694cd
  5. #8591c2
  6. #848eb7
  7. #838bac
  8. #8288a1
  9. #828696
  10. #81838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #979ec4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fa5f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769cec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65adba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a1f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e9ced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #75a6d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-889cee {
  color: #889cee;
}
Background
.bg-889cee {
  background-color: #889cee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-889cee {
  border: 2px solid #889cee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #889cee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 156 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 75% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-889cee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #889cee, #a788ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-889cee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 156 238 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.50 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.08 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.90 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.65 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.14 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.16 #776311 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#889cee  rgb(136, 156, 238)  hsl(228, 75%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#eeda88  rgb(238, 218, 136)  hsl(48, 75%, 73%)  Buff
#ee889c  rgb(238, 136, 156)  hsl(348, 75%, 73%)  Salmon Pink
#9cee88  rgb(156, 238, 136)  hsl(108, 75%, 73%)  Light Green