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#89A4E9

#89a4e9 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#89a4e9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 64.31% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.2% cyan, 29.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 223.13°, with 68.57% saturation and 72.55% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.62.

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Relative luminance0.3775

Complementary

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #e9ce89

Split complementary

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #e99e89
  3. #d4e989

Analogous

  1. #89d4e9
  2. #89a4e9
  3. #9e89e9

Triadic

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #e989a4
  3. #a4e989

Tetradic

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #ce89e9
  3. #e9ce89
  4. #a4e989

Square

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #e989d4
  3. #e9ce89
  4. #89e99e

Monochromatic

  1. #224cb7
  2. #4972dd
  3. #89a4e9
  4. #c9d6f5
  5. #eef2fc

Shades

#89a4e9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #7b94d2
  3. #6e83ba
  4. #6073a3
  5. #52628c
  6. #455275
  7. #37425d
  8. #293146
  9. #1b212f
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#89a4e9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #95adeb
  3. #a1b6ed
  4. #acbff0
  5. #b8c8f2
  6. #c4d2f4
  7. #d0dbf6
  8. #dce4f8
  9. #e7edfb
  10. #f3f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#89a4e9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #89a4e9
  2. #88a0df
  3. #879dd4
  4. #8699ca
  5. #8596bf
  6. #8592b5
  7. #848eaa
  8. #838ba0
  9. #828795
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ba5c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8caaec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a1e7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69b2bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba8eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a2e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #77add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-89a4e9 {
  color: #89a4e9;
}
Background
.bg-89a4e9 {
  background-color: #89a4e9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-89a4e9 {
  border: 2px solid #89a4e9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #89a4e9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 164 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 69% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-89a4e9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #89a4e9, #9e89e9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-89a4e9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 164 233 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.16 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.41 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.89 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.78 #765b16 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#89a4e9  rgb(137, 164, 233)  hsl(223, 69%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#e9ce89  rgb(233, 206, 137)  hsl(43, 69%, 73%)  Buff
#e989a4  rgb(233, 137, 164)  hsl(343, 69%, 73%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4e989  rgb(164, 233, 137)  hsl(103, 69%, 73%)  Light Green