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#899EDA

#899eda ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#899eda is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 61.96% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.16% cyan, 27.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 224.44°, with 52.26% saturation and 69.61% 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 7.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.23.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3483

Complementary

  1. #899eda
  2. #dac589

Split complementary

  1. #899eda
  2. #da9d89
  3. #c7da89

Analogous

  1. #89c7da
  2. #899eda
  3. #9d89da

Triadic

  1. #899eda
  2. #da899e
  3. #9eda89

Tetradic

  1. #899eda
  2. #c589da
  3. #dac589
  4. #9eda89

Square

  1. #899eda
  2. #da89c7
  3. #dac589
  4. #89da9d

Monochromatic

  1. #304c9a
  2. #4f6ec8
  3. #899eda
  4. #c3ceec
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#899eda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #899eda
  2. #7b8ec4
  3. #6e7eae
  4. #606f99
  5. #525f83
  6. #454f6d
  7. #373f57
  8. #292f41
  9. #1b202c
  10. #0e1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#899eda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #899eda
  2. #95a8de
  3. #a1b1e1
  4. #acbbe5
  5. #b8c5e9
  6. #c4cfed
  7. #d0d8f0
  8. #dce2f4
  9. #e7ecf8
  10. #f3f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#899eda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #899eda
  2. #889bd1
  3. #8798c8
  4. #8695bf
  5. #8592b6
  6. #858fad
  7. #848ca4
  8. #83899b
  9. #828692
  10. #818389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #979fba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aa3dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #839cd9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #70aab3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa1dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #859dd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ba5c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-899eda {
  color: #899eda;
}
Background
.bg-899eda {
  background-color: #899eda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-899eda {
  border: 2px solid #899eda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #899eda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 158 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 52% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-899eda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #899eda, #9d89da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-899eda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 158 218 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.23 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.57 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.12 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.66 #766125 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#899eda  rgb(137, 158, 218)  hsl(224, 52%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#dac589  rgb(218, 197, 137)  hsl(44, 52%, 70%)  Ecru
#da899e  rgb(218, 137, 158)  hsl(344, 52%, 70%)  Puce
#9eda89  rgb(158, 218, 137)  hsl(104, 52%, 70%)  Granny Smith Apple