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#899EF6

#899ef6 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#899ef6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.31% cyan, 35.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 228.44°, with 85.83% saturation and 75.1% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.6.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3643

Complementary

  1. #899ef6
  2. #f6e189

Split complementary

  1. #899ef6
  2. #f6ab89
  3. #d5f689

Analogous

  1. #89d5f6
  2. #899ef6
  3. #ab89f6

Triadic

  1. #899ef6
  2. #f6899e
  3. #9ef689

Tetradic

  1. #899ef6
  2. #e189f6
  3. #f6e189
  4. #9ef689

Square

  1. #899ef6
  2. #f689d5
  3. #f6e189
  4. #89f6ab

Monochromatic

  1. #1036d6
  2. #4264f1
  3. #899ef6
  4. #d0d8fb
  5. #eceffe

Shades

#899ef6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #899ef6
  2. #7b8edd
  3. #6e7ec5
  4. #606fac
  5. #525f94
  6. #454f7b
  7. #373f62
  8. #292f4a
  9. #1b2031
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#899ef6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #899ef6
  2. #95a8f7
  3. #a1b1f8
  4. #acbbf9
  5. #b8c5fa
  6. #c4cffb
  7. #d0d8fb
  8. #dce2fc
  9. #e7ecfd
  10. #f3f5fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#899ef6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #899ef6
  2. #889bea
  3. #8798de
  4. #8695d3
  5. #8592c7
  6. #858fbb
  7. #848caf
  8. #8389a3
  9. #828698
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a1c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7ea7fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #749ef4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #62b0be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a4f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d9ef5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #74a9d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-899ef6 {
  color: #899ef6;
}
Background
.bg-899ef6 {
  background-color: #899ef6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-899ef6 {
  border: 2px solid #899ef6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #899ef6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 158 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 86% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-899ef6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #899ef6, #ab89f6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-899ef6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 158 246 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.60 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.81 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.02 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.14 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.15 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.19 #766109 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#899ef6  rgb(137, 158, 246)  hsl(228, 86%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#f6e189  rgb(246, 225, 137)  hsl(48, 86%, 75%)  Buff
#f6899e  rgb(246, 137, 158)  hsl(348, 86%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#9ef689  rgb(158, 246, 137)  hsl(108, 86%, 75%)  Pale Green