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Recognised as Colour

#589CE1

  • #589CE1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#589CE1 is a blue with RGB values 88, 156, 225 and HSL 210°, 70%, 61%. 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

#589CE1#589CE1
HEX#589CE1
RGBrgb(88, 156, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.3451, 0.6118, 0.8824
RGB percentages34.5%, 61.2%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(210.2, 69.5%, 61.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.2, 60.9%, 88.2%)
CMYK60.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,807,329
CSS custom property--colour: #589CE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.26:1
Contrast with white2.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#A7631E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7F9FE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C92E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.1 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 text7.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13Steel blue · ΔE 14.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.4Light skyblue · ΔE 23.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 24.7Sky blue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E19D58
Analogous#58E1E1, #5958E1
Triadic#E1589C, #9CE158
Split complementary#E15958, #E1E158
Tetradic#E158E1, #E19D58, #58E159

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DAE9F8
Lighter +20%#AECFF1
Lighter +10%#83B6E9
Darker −10%#2D82D9
Darker −20%#2069B3
Darker −30%#185088
Darker −40%#11365C
More saturated +25%#3F9CFA
Less saturated −25%#719CC8

Channel breakdown

R88
G156
B225
Red88 (34.5%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue210.22°
Saturation (HSL)69.54%
Lightness61.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 58 · G 9C · B E1

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