#899dce

Color #899dce

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.91 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#899dce

RGB

rgb(137, 157, 206)

HSL

hsl(222.6, 41.3%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.6, 33.5%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(64.87, 4.64, -27.36)

LCH

lch(64.87, 27.75, 279.63)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.0758, 267.2)

HWB

hwb(222.6, 53.7%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ceba89

Analogous

#89c0ce

#899dce

#9889ce

Triadic

#899dce

#ce899d

#9dce89

Split-complementary

#899dce

#ce9889

#c0ce89

Tetradic

#899dce

#ba89ce

#ceba89

#9dce89

Square

#899dce

#ce89c0

#ceba89

#89ce98

Shades

Color #899dce mixed toward black.

#617cbd

#435fa2

#324779

#222f51

#111828

Tints

Color #899dce mixed toward white.

#9dadd6

#b0bede

#c4cee7

#d8deef

#ebeff7

Tones

Color #899dce mixed toward gray.

#8fa0c8

#95a2c3

#9aa4bd

#a0a7b7

#a6a9b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292c4 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#918fc1 · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#8abbb9 · ΔE 22.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 17.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #899dce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#899dce]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#899dce (#899dce) is rgb(137, 157, 206) in RGB.

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

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