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#899CD3

#899cd3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#899cd3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 61.18% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.07% cyan, 26.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 224.59°, with 45.68% saturation and 68.24% 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 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.12.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.338

Complementary

  1. #899cd3
  2. #d3c089

Split complementary

  1. #899cd3
  2. #d39b89
  3. #c1d389

Analogous

  1. #89c1d3
  2. #899cd3
  3. #9b89d3

Triadic

  1. #899cd3
  2. #d3899c
  3. #9cd389

Tetradic

  1. #899cd3
  2. #c089d3
  3. #d3c089
  4. #9cd389

Square

  1. #899cd3
  2. #d389c1
  3. #d3c089
  4. #89d39b

Monochromatic

  1. #354c8e
  2. #516dbe
  3. #899cd3
  4. #c1cbe8
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#899cd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #899cd3
  2. #7b8cbe
  3. #6e7da9
  4. #606d94
  5. #525e7f
  6. #454e6a
  7. #373e54
  8. #292f3f
  9. #1b1f2a
  10. #0e1015
  11. #000000

Tints

#899cd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #899cd3
  2. #95a6d7
  3. #a1b0dc
  4. #acbae0
  5. #b8c4e5
  6. #c4cee9
  7. #d0d7ed
  8. #dce1f2
  9. #e7ebf6
  10. #f3f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#899cd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #899cd3
  2. #8899cb
  3. #8796c2
  4. #8694ba
  5. #8591b2
  6. #858eaa
  7. #848ba1
  8. #838899
  9. #828691
  10. #818388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #969db5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa1d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #849ad2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73a7af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a9fd4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #869bd2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7da3bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-899cd3 {
  color: #899cd3;
}
Background
.bg-899cd3 {
  background-color: #899cd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-899cd3 {
  border: 2px solid #899cd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #899cd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 156 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 46% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-899cd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #899cd3, #9b89d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-899cd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 156 211 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.12 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.89 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.11 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.39 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.05 #76632c Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#899cd3  rgb(137, 156, 211)  hsl(225, 46%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d3c089  rgb(211, 192, 137)  hsl(45, 46%, 68%)  Ecru
#d3899c  rgb(211, 137, 156)  hsl(345, 46%, 68%)  Puce
#9cd389  rgb(156, 211, 137)  hsl(105, 46%, 68%)  Pistachio