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#889EB2

#889eb2 ≈ Light Slate Gray

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#889eb2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 61.96% green and 69.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.6% cyan, 11.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.2% black. Its hue angle is 208.57°, with 21.43% saturation and 61.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 7.34.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.329

Complementary

  1. #889eb2
  2. #b29c88

Split complementary

  1. #889eb2
  2. #b28889
  3. #b2b188

Analogous

  1. #88b2b1
  2. #889eb2
  3. #8889b2

Triadic

  1. #889eb2
  2. #b2889e
  3. #9eb288

Tetradic

  1. #889eb2
  2. #9c88b2
  3. #b29c88
  4. #9eb288

Square

  1. #889eb2
  2. #b188b2
  3. #b29c88
  4. #89b288

Monochromatic

  1. #3f5162
  2. #5d7890
  3. #889eb2
  4. #b6c4d0
  5. #e5eaee

Shades

#889eb2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #889eb2
  2. #7a8ea0
  3. #6d7e8e
  4. #5f6f7d
  5. #525f6b
  6. #444f59
  7. #363f47
  8. #292f35
  9. #1b2024
  10. #0e1012
  11. #000000

Tints

#889eb2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #889eb2
  2. #94a8ba
  3. #a0b1c1
  4. #acbbc9
  5. #b8c5d1
  6. #c4cfd9
  7. #cfd8e0
  8. #dbe2e8
  9. #e7ecf0
  10. #f3f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#889eb2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #889eb2
  2. #879bad
  3. #8698a8
  4. #8695a3
  5. #85929e
  6. #848f99
  7. #838c94
  8. #82898f
  9. #82868a
  10. #818385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949ca5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #969eb3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9199b2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ca3a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #919eb3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8d9bb2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #81a1aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-889eb2 {
  color: #889eb2;
}
Background
.bg-889eb2 {
  background-color: #889eb2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-889eb2 {
  border: 2px solid #889eb2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #889eb2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 158 178;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 21% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-889eb2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #889eb2, #8889b2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-889eb2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 158 178 / 0.35);
}

#778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 7.34 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 7.34 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.58 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.37 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.76 #77614d Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Light Slate Gray
#889eb2  rgb(136, 158, 178)  hsl(209, 21%, 62%)  Light Slate Gray
#b29c88  rgb(178, 156, 136)  hsl(29, 21%, 62%)  Camel
#b2889e  rgb(178, 136, 158)  hsl(329, 21%, 62%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9eb288  rgb(158, 178, 136)  hsl(89, 21%, 62%)  Dark Sea Green