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#899CD7

#899cd7 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#899cd7 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 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.28% cyan, 27.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 225.38°, with 49.37% saturation and 69.02% 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 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.49.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.34

Complementary

  1. #899cd7
  2. #d7c489

Split complementary

  1. #899cd7
  2. #d79d89
  3. #c3d789

Analogous

  1. #89c3d7
  2. #899cd7
  3. #9d89d7

Triadic

  1. #899cd7
  2. #d7899c
  3. #9cd789

Tetradic

  1. #899cd7
  2. #c489d7
  3. #d7c489
  4. #9cd789

Square

  1. #899cd7
  2. #d789c3
  3. #d7c489
  4. #89d79d

Monochromatic

  1. #324a95
  2. #506cc4
  3. #899cd7
  4. #c2ccea
  5. #f0f2fa

Shades

#899cd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #899cd7
  2. #7b8cc2
  3. #6e7dac
  4. #606d97
  5. #525e81
  6. #454e6c
  7. #373e56
  8. #292f41
  9. #1b1f2b
  10. #0e1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#899cd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #899cd7
  2. #95a6db
  3. #a1b0df
  4. #acbae3
  5. #b8c4e7
  6. #c4ceeb
  7. #d0d7ef
  8. #dce1f3
  9. #e7ebf7
  10. #f3f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#899cd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #899cd7
  2. #8899ce
  3. #8796c6
  4. #8694bd
  5. #8591b4
  6. #858eac
  7. #848ba3
  8. #83889a
  9. #828691
  10. #818389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #969db7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a1da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #829bd6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72a8b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #899fd9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #859bd6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ca3c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-899cd7 {
  color: #899cd7;
}
Background
.bg-899cd7 {
  background-color: #899cd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-899cd7 {
  border: 2px solid #899cd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #899cd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 156 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 49% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-899cd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #899cd7, #9d89d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-899cd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 156 215 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.49 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.59 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.10 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.57 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.49 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.10 #766328 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#899cd7  rgb(137, 156, 215)  hsl(225, 49%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d7c489  rgb(215, 196, 137)  hsl(45, 49%, 69%)  Ecru
#d7899c  rgb(215, 137, 156)  hsl(345, 49%, 69%)  Puce
#9cd789  rgb(156, 215, 137)  hsl(105, 49%, 69%)  Granny Smith Apple