#899ce7

Color #899ce7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 10.35 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#899ce7

RGB

rgb(137, 156, 231)

HSL

hsl(227.9, 66.2%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.9, 40.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(65.64, 11.94, -40)

LCH

lch(65.64, 41.74, 286.62)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.1121, 272.4)

HWB

hwb(227.9, 53.7%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7d489

Analogous

#89cbe7

#899ce7

#a589e7

Triadic

#899ce7

#e7899c

#9ce789

Split-complementary

#899ce7

#e7a589

#cbe789

Tetradic

#899ce7

#d489e7

#e7d489

#9ce789

Square

#899ce7

#e789cb

#e7d489

#89e7a5

Shades

Color #899ce7 mixed toward black.

#5671dd

#294acc

#1f3899

#152566

#0a1333

Tints

Color #899ce7 mixed toward white.

#9dadeb

#b0bdef

#c4cef3

#d8def7

#ebeffb

Tones

Color #899ce7 mixed toward gray.

#91a1df

#99a5d7

#a1aad0

#a8afc8

#b0b3c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.63:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292d8 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#918fd4 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#8acbc8 · ΔE 27.5

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #899ce7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899ce7]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#899ce7 (#899ce7) is rgb(137, 156, 231) in RGB.

No, #899ce7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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