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#899EC1

#899ec1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#899ec1 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 61.96% green and 75.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.02% cyan, 18.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 217.5°, with 31.11% saturation and 64.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.17.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3362

Complementary

  1. #899ec1
  2. #c1ac89

Split complementary

  1. #899ec1
  2. #c19089
  3. #bac189

Analogous

  1. #89bac1
  2. #899ec1
  3. #9089c1

Triadic

  1. #899ec1
  2. #c1899e
  3. #9ec189

Tetradic

  1. #899ec1
  2. #ac89c1
  3. #c1ac89
  4. #9ec189

Square

  1. #899ec1
  2. #c189ba
  3. #c1ac89
  4. #89c190

Monochromatic

  1. #3d5274
  2. #5775a6
  3. #899ec1
  4. #bbc7db
  5. #edf0f6

Shades

#899ec1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #899ec1
  2. #7b8eae
  3. #6e7e9a
  4. #606f87
  5. #525f74
  6. #454f61
  7. #373f4d
  8. #292f3a
  9. #1b2027
  10. #0e1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#899ec1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #899ec1
  2. #95a8c7
  3. #a1b1cd
  4. #acbbd4
  5. #b8c5da
  6. #c4cfe0
  7. #d0d8e6
  8. #dce2ec
  9. #e7ecf3
  10. #f3f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#899ec1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #899ec1
  2. #889bbb
  3. #8798b4
  4. #8695ae
  5. #8592a7
  6. #858fa1
  7. #848c9a
  8. #838994
  9. #82868d
  10. #818387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #959dac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a0c3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d9ac0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79a5aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8f9fc2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8b9cc1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #80a2b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-899ec1 {
  color: #899ec1;
}
Background
.bg-899ec1 {
  background-color: #899ec1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-899ec1 {
  border: 2px solid #899ec1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #899ec1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 158 193;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 31% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-899ec1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #899ec1, #9089c1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-899ec1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 158 193 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.17 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.87 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.59 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.79 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.79 #76613e Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#899ec1  rgb(137, 158, 193)  hsl(218, 31%, 65%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c1ac89  rgb(193, 172, 137)  hsl(38, 31%, 65%)  Tan
#c1899e  rgb(193, 137, 158)  hsl(338, 31%, 65%)  Puce
#9ec189  rgb(158, 193, 137)  hsl(98, 31%, 65%)  Olivine