#898ecd

Color #898ecd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.71 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#898ecd

RGB

rgb(137, 142, 205)

HSL

hsl(235.6, 40.5%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.6, 33.2%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(60.84, 12.97, -33.03)

LCH

lch(60.84, 35.49, 291.44)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0933, 280.06)

HWB

hwb(235.6, 53.7%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdc889

Analogous

#89b0cd

#898ecd

#a689cd

Triadic

#898ecd

#cd898e

#8ecd89

Split-complementary

#898ecd

#cda689

#b0cd89

Tetradic

#898ecd

#c889cd

#cdc889

#8ecd89

Square

#898ecd

#cd89b0

#cdc889

#89cda6

Shades

Color #898ecd mixed toward black.

#6168bc

#444ba0

#333878

#222550

#111328

Tints

Color #898ecd mixed toward white.

#9da1d5

#b0b4de

#c4c7e6

#d8d9ee

#ebecf7

Tones

Color #898ecd mixed toward gray.

#8f93c7

#9498c2

#9a9dbc

#a0a1b6

#a5a6b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8bc0 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#8b8bbd · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#89b5b3 · ΔE 25.6

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #898ecd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#898ecd]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#898ecd (#898ecd) is rgb(137, 142, 205) in RGB.

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

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