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Information about #89B5BD color

#89B5BD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #89B5BD is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(137, 181, 189) — 53.7% red, 71% green, 74.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 20 / 3 / 0 / 26. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A moderately toned water-like cyan, #89B5BD appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Moby (#8EB2BE). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Metallic Glacier (#89B1C2) and Cold Front Green (#85B3B2).

The recipe behind #89B5BD is rgb(137, 181, 189), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #89B5BD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. No one has named #89B5BD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#89B5BD color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#89B5BD color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #89B5BD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Neptune color link
Neptune

#7CB7BB

Pewter Blue color link
Pewter Blue

#8BA8B7

Nepal color link
Nepal

#93AAB9

Botticelli color link
Botticelli

#92ACB4

Glacier color link
Glacier

#78B1BF

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Unwind color link
Unwind

#98B7AF

Kumutoto color link
Kumutoto

#78AFB2

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#89B5BD
  • RGB137, 181, 189
  • CMYK20, 3, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(137, 181, 189)
  • HSL189°, 28%, 64%
  • HSL Precise189.231°, 28.261%, 63.922%
  • HSV189°, 28%, 74%
  • HSB189°, 28%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.537
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • GLSLvec3(0.537, 0.710, 0.741)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.537, 0.710, 0.741, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.537, 0.710, 0.741)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB53.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID89B5BD
  • DECIMAL ID9024957
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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