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#899FD8

#899fd8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#899fd8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 62.35% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.57% cyan, 26.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 223.29°, with 50.32% saturation and 69.22% 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 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.14.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3507

Complementary

  1. #899fd8
  2. #d8c289

Split complementary

  1. #899fd8
  2. #d89b89
  3. #c7d889

Analogous

  1. #89c7d8
  2. #899fd8
  3. #9b89d8

Triadic

  1. #899fd8
  2. #d8899f
  3. #9fd889

Tetradic

  1. #899fd8
  2. #c289d8
  3. #d8c289
  4. #9fd889

Square

  1. #899fd8
  2. #d889c7
  3. #d8c289
  4. #89d89b

Monochromatic

  1. #324e96
  2. #5070c5
  3. #899fd8
  4. #c3ceeb
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#899fd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #899fd8
  2. #7b8fc2
  3. #6e7fad
  4. #606f97
  5. #525f82
  6. #45506c
  7. #374056
  8. #293041
  9. #1b202b
  10. #0e1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#899fd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #899fd8
  2. #95a9dc
  3. #a1b2e0
  4. #acbce4
  5. #b8c5e8
  6. #c4cfec
  7. #d0d9ef
  8. #dce2f3
  9. #e7ecf7
  10. #f3f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#899fd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #899fd8
  2. #889ccf
  3. #8799c6
  4. #8696be
  5. #8593b5
  6. #8590ac
  7. #848ca3
  8. #83899a
  9. #828692
  10. #818389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97a0b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ca4db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #859dd7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71aab3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba2da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #869ed7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ba6c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-899fd8 {
  color: #899fd8;
}
Background
.bg-899fd8 {
  background-color: #899fd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-899fd8 {
  border: 2px solid #899fd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #899fd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 159 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 50% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-899fd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #899fd8, #9b89d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-899fd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 159 216 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.14 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.45 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.86 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.91 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.38 #766027 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#899fd8  rgb(137, 159, 216)  hsl(223, 50%, 69%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d8c289  rgb(216, 194, 137)  hsl(43, 50%, 69%)  Ecru
#d8899f  rgb(216, 137, 159)  hsl(343, 50%, 69%)  Puce
#9fd889  rgb(159, 216, 137)  hsl(103, 50%, 69%)  Granny Smith Apple