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Recognised as Colour

#589AA9

  • #589AA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#589AA9 is a cyan with RGB values 88, 154, 169 and HSL 191°, 32%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#589AA9#589AA9
HEX#589AA9
RGBrgb(88, 154, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.6039, 0.6627
RGB percentages34.5%, 60.4%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(191.1, 32%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 47.9%, 66.3%)
CMYK47.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,806,761
CSS custom property--colour: #589AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.61:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.61:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#A76556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8F96AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#828CA9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#2EA09Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.6Light slate grey · ΔE 15.5Dark cyan · ΔE 16.6Slate grey · ΔE 16.8Teal · ΔE 17.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A96758
Analogous#58A98F, #5872A9
Triadic#A9589A, #9AA958
Split complementary#A95872, #A98F58
Tetradic#9058A9, #A96758, #72A958

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFEBEE
Lighter +30%#BDD7DD
Lighter +20%#9BC3CC
Lighter +10%#7AAEBA
Darker −10%#467C88
Darker −20%#355D66
Darker −30%#233E45
Darker −40%#122023
More saturated +25%#38AEC9
Less saturated −25%#788689

Channel breakdown

R88
G154
B169
Red88 (34.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue191.11°
Saturation (HSL)32.02%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 9A · B A9

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