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Recognised as Colour

#588BAE

  • #588BAE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#588BAE is a blue with RGB values 88, 139, 174 and HSL 204°, 35%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#588BAE#588BAE
HEX#588BAE
RGBrgb(88, 139, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.5451, 0.6824
RGB percentages34.5%, 54.5%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(204.4, 34.7%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.4, 49.4%, 68.2%)
CMYK49.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,802,926
CSS custom property--colour: #588BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23596WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness130.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.72:1
Contrast with white3.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.72:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#A77451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C8BB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#7081ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original
Tritanopia#2E9497no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.67:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9.6Light slate grey · ΔE 13.5Slate grey · ΔE 14.4Cadetblue · ΔE 21.2Light skyblue · ΔE 24.8Sky blue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE7B58
Analogous#58AEA6, #5860AE
Triadic#AE588B, #8BAE58
Split complementary#AE5860, #AEA658
Tetradic#A658AE, #AE7B58, #60AE58

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1EAF1
Lighter +30%#BFD3E0
Lighter +20%#9DBBCF
Lighter +10%#7AA3BF
Darker −10%#45708E
Darker −20%#34556C
Darker −30%#243A49
Darker −40%#131F27
More saturated +25%#3991CD
Less saturated −25%#77858F

Channel breakdown

R88
G139
B174
Red88 (34.5%)
Green139 (54.5%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue204.42°
Saturation (HSL)34.68%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 8B · B AE

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