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#899AED

#899aed ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#899aed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 60.39% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.19% cyan, 35.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 229.8°, with 73.53% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.9.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3454

Complementary

  1. #899aed
  2. #eddc89

Split complementary

  1. #899aed
  2. #edaa89
  3. #cced89

Analogous

  1. #89cced
  2. #899aed
  3. #aa89ed

Triadic

  1. #899aed
  2. #ed899a
  3. #9aed89

Tetradic

  1. #899aed
  2. #dc89ed
  3. #eddc89
  4. #9aed89

Square

  1. #899aed
  2. #ed89cc
  3. #eddc89
  4. #89edaa

Monochromatic

  1. #1d39c0
  2. #4761e3
  3. #899aed
  4. #cbd3f7
  5. #edf0fc

Shades

#899aed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #899aed
  2. #7b8bd5
  3. #6e7bbe
  4. #606ca6
  5. #525c8e
  6. #454d77
  7. #373e5f
  8. #292e47
  9. #1b1f2f
  10. #0e0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#899aed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #899aed
  2. #95a4ef
  3. #a1aef1
  4. #acb8f2
  5. #b8c2f4
  6. #c4cdf6
  7. #d0d7f8
  8. #dce1fa
  9. #e7ebfb
  10. #f3f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#899aed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #899aed
  2. #8897e2
  3. #8795d7
  4. #8692cc
  5. #8590c1
  6. #858db7
  7. #848aac
  8. #8388a1
  9. #828596
  10. #81838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #979dc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7da3f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759beb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68abb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82a0ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d9bec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76a4d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-899aed {
  color: #899aed;
}
Background
.bg-899aed {
  background-color: #899aed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-899aed {
  border: 2px solid #899aed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #899aed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 154 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 74% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-899aed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #899aed, #aa89ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-899aed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 154 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.44 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.73 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.17 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.58 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.60 #766512 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#899aed  rgb(137, 154, 237)  hsl(230, 74%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#eddc89  rgb(237, 220, 137)  hsl(50, 74%, 73%)  Flax
#ed899a  rgb(237, 137, 154)  hsl(350, 74%, 73%)  Salmon Pink
#9aed89  rgb(154, 237, 137)  hsl(110, 74%, 73%)  Light Green