#898aea

Color #898aea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.91 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#898aea

RGB

rgb(137, 138, 234)

HSL

hsl(239.4, 69.8%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(239.4, 41.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 41%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(61.16, 23.21, -48.7)

LCH

lch(61.16, 53.95, 295.48)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.1402, 281.52)

HWB

hwb(239.4, 53.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eae989

Analogous

#89baea

#898aea

#b889ea

Triadic

#898aea

#ea898a

#8aea89

Split-complementary

#898aea

#eab889

#baea89

Tetradic

#898aea

#e989ea

#eae989

#8aea89

Square

#898aea

#ea89ba

#eae989

#89eab8

Shades

Color #898aea mixed toward black.

#5456e1

#2527d2

#1c1d9d

#131469

#090a34

Tints

Color #898aea mixed toward white.

#9c9ded

#b0b1f1

#c4c4f4

#d8d8f8

#ebebfb

Tones

Color #898aea mixed toward gray.

#9192e2

#999ada

#a1a2d2

#a9aaca

#b1b1c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8989d8 · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#8989d3 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#89c8c4 · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 24.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #898aea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898aea]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898aea (#898aea) is rgb(137, 138, 234) in RGB.

No, #898aea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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