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Recognised as Colour

#589AB6

  • #589AB6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#589AB6 is a cyan with RGB values 88, 154, 182 and HSL 198°, 39%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#589AB6#589AB6
HEX#589AB6
RGBrgb(88, 154, 182)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.6039, 0.7137
RGB percentages34.5%, 60.4%, 71.4%
HSLhsl(197.9, 39.2%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.9, 51.6%, 71.4%)
CMYK51.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 28.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,806,774
CSS custom property--colour: #589AB6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28563WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.71:1
Contrast with white3.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#A76549

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8B97B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E8DB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#20A2A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.13:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Light slate grey · ΔE 15.4Steel blue · ΔE 16.4Slate grey · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 18.9Light skyblue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 15.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B67458
Analogous#58B6A3, #586BB6
Triadic#B6589A, #9AB658
Split complementary#B6586B, #B6A358
Tetradic#A358B6, #B67458, #6BB658

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F0F4
Lighter +30%#C2DAE5
Lighter +20%#9FC5D5
Lighter +10%#7BAFC6
Darker −10%#437F98
Darker −20%#336175
Darker −30%#244451
Darker −40%#14262E
More saturated +25%#3AA6D4
Less saturated −25%#768E98

Channel breakdown

R88
G154
B182
Red88 (34.5%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue182 (71.4%)
Hue197.87°
Saturation (HSL)39.17%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 9A · B B6

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