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#889FF9

#889ff9 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#889ff9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 62.35% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.38% cyan, 36.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 227.79°, with 90.4% saturation and 75.49% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.42.

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Relative luminance0.3687

Complementary

  1. #889ff9
  2. #f9e288

Split complementary

  1. #889ff9
  2. #f9aa88
  3. #d7f988

Analogous

  1. #88d7f9
  2. #889ff9
  3. #aa88f9

Triadic

  1. #889ff9
  2. #f9889f
  3. #9ff988

Tetradic

  1. #889ff9
  2. #e288f9
  3. #f9e288
  4. #9ff988

Square

  1. #889ff9
  2. #f988d7
  3. #f9e288
  4. #88f9aa

Monochromatic

  1. #0b36dd
  2. #3f64f5
  3. #889ff9
  4. #d1dafd
  5. #eceffe

Shades

#889ff9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #889ff9
  2. #7a8fe0
  3. #6d7fc7
  4. #5f6fae
  5. #525f95
  6. #44507d
  7. #364064
  8. #29304b
  9. #1b2032
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#889ff9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #889ff9
  2. #94a9fa
  3. #a0b2fa
  4. #acbcfb
  5. #b8c5fb
  6. #c4cffc
  7. #cfd9fd
  8. #dbe2fd
  9. #e7ecfe
  10. #f3f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#889ff9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #889ff9
  2. #879ced
  3. #8699e1
  4. #8696d5
  5. #8593c9
  6. #8490bd
  7. #838cb0
  8. #8289a4
  9. #828698
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a2cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea9fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #739ff7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5eb2c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82a5fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c9ff8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71abd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-889ff9 {
  color: #889ff9;
}
Background
.bg-889ff9 {
  background-color: #889ff9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-889ff9 {
  border: 2px solid #889ff9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #889ff9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 159 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 90% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-889ff9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #889ff9, #aa88f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-889ff9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 159 249 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.57 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.94 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.14 #776006 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#889ff9  rgb(136, 159, 249)  hsl(228, 90%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#f9e288  rgb(249, 226, 136)  hsl(48, 90%, 75%)  Jasmine
#f9889f  rgb(249, 136, 159)  hsl(348, 90%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#9ff988  rgb(159, 249, 136)  hsl(108, 90%, 75%)  Mint Green