#579aef

Color #579aef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.75 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#579aef

RGB

rgb(87, 154, 239)

HSL

hsl(213.6, 82.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.6, 63.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(62.82, 4.67, -49.03)

LCH

lch(62.82, 49.25, 275.44)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1438, 255.3)

HWB

hwb(213.6, 34.1%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efac57

Analogous

#57e6ef

#579aef

#6057ef

Triadic

#579aef

#ef579a

#9aef57

Split-complementary

#579aef

#ef6057

#e6ef57

Tetradic

#579aef

#ac57ef

#efac57

#9aef57

Square

#579aef

#ef57e6

#efac57

#57ef60

Shades

Color #579aef mixed toward black.

#257cea

#1362c6

#0e4995

#093163

#051832

Tints

Color #579aef mixed toward white.

#73abf2

#8fbcf4

#abccf7

#c7ddfa

#e3eefc

Tones

Color #579aef mixed toward gray.

#649be2

#709dd6

#7d9ec9

#8aa0bc

#96a1b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7ade · ΔE 14.8

Deuteranopia

#7671da · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#5cd0cc · ΔE 29.6

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 23.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #579aef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#579aef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#579aef (#579aef) is rgb(87, 154, 239) in RGB.

No, #579aef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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