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Colour

#589BE8

  • #589BE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#589BE8 is a blue with RGB values 88, 155, 232 and HSL 212°, 76%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#589BE8#589BE8
HEX#589BE8
RGBrgb(88, 155, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.6078, 0.9098
RGB percentages34.5%, 60.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(212.1, 75.8%, 62.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.1, 62.1%, 91%)
CMYK62.1%, 33.2%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,807,080
CSS custom property--colour: #589BE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.27:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#A76417

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7A9FEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#6692E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.5Steel blue · ΔE 17.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 27Sky blue · ΔE 33.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8A558
Analogous#58E3E8, #5D58E8
Triadic#E8589B, #9BE858
Split complementary#E85D58, #E3E858
Tetradic#E858E3, #E8A558, #58E85D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DEECFB
Lighter +20%#B2D1F4
Lighter +10%#85B6EE
Darker −10%#2B80E2
Darker −20%#1A67C0
Darker −30%#144F93
Darker −40%#0E3766
More saturated +25%#4199FF
Less saturated −25%#709DD0

Channel breakdown

R88
G155
B232
Red88 (34.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue212.08°
Saturation (HSL)75.79%
Lightness62.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 9B · B E8

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