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Recognised as Colour

#589BEA

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

#589BEA is a blue with RGB values 88, 155, 234 and HSL 212°, 78%, 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

#589BEA#589BEA
HEX#589BEA
RGBrgb(88, 155, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.6078, 0.9176
RGB percentages34.5%, 60.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(212.5, 77.7%, 63.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.5, 62.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK62.4%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,807,082
CSS custom property--colour: #589BEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31458WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.29:1
Contrast with white2.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#A76415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#79A0EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6592E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 7.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.7Light skyblue · ΔE 27.9Royal blue · ΔE 33.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA758
Analogous#58E4EA, #5E58EA
Triadic#EA589B, #9BEA58
Split complementary#EA5E58, #E4EA58
Tetradic#EA58E4, #EAA758, #58EA5E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0ECFB
Lighter +20%#B3D1F5
Lighter +10%#85B6F0
Darker −10%#2B80E4
Darker −20%#1967C3
Darker −30%#134F96
Darker −40%#0D3769
More saturated +25%#4399FF
Less saturated −25%#709DD3

Channel breakdown

R88
G155
B234
Red88 (34.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue212.47°
Saturation (HSL)77.66%
Lightness63.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 9B · B EA

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