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#898EF9

#898ef9 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#898ef9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 55.69% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.98% cyan, 42.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 237.32°, with 90.32% saturation and 75.69% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.66.

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Relative luminance0.315

Complementary

  1. #898ef9
  2. #f9f489

Split complementary

  1. #898ef9
  2. #f9bc89
  3. #c6f989

Analogous

  1. #89c6f9
  2. #898ef9
  3. #bc89f9

Triadic

  1. #898ef9
  2. #f9898e
  3. #8ef989

Tetradic

  1. #898ef9
  2. #f489f9
  3. #f9f489
  4. #8ef989

Square

  1. #898ef9
  2. #f989c6
  3. #f9f489
  4. #89f9bc

Monochromatic

  1. #0b15de
  2. #4048f5
  3. #898ef9
  4. #d2d4fd
  5. #ececfe

Shades

#898ef9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #898ef9
  2. #7b80e0
  3. #6e72c7
  4. #6063ae
  5. #525595
  6. #45477d
  7. #373964
  8. #292b4b
  9. #1b1c32
  10. #0e0e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#898ef9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #898ef9
  2. #9599fa
  3. #a1a5fa
  4. #acb0fb
  5. #b8bbfb
  6. #c4c7fc
  7. #d0d2fd
  8. #dcddfd
  9. #e7e8fe
  10. #f3f4fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#898ef9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #898ef9
  2. #888ded
  3. #878be1
  4. #868ad5
  5. #8588c9
  6. #8587bd
  7. #8486b0
  8. #8384a4
  9. #828398
  10. #81818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9294c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #649dfd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d94f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #63a4b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7597fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7192f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #749cd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-898ef9 {
  color: #898ef9;
}
Background
.bg-898ef9 {
  background-color: #898ef9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-898ef9 {
  border: 2px solid #898ef9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #898ef9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 142 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 237 90% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-898ef9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #898ef9, #bc89f9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-898ef9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 142 249 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.66 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.98 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.92 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.19 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 11.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.83 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.41 #767106 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#898ef9  rgb(137, 142, 249)  hsl(237, 90%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#f9f489  rgb(249, 244, 137)  hsl(57, 90%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow
#f9898e  rgb(249, 137, 142)  hsl(357, 90%, 76%)  Light Coral
#8ef989  rgb(142, 249, 137)  hsl(117, 90%, 76%)  Mint Green