#57a6ea

Color #57a6ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 15.38 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#57a6ea

RGB

rgb(87, 166, 234)

HSL

hsl(207.8, 77.8%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(207.8, 62.8%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(65.93, -3.83, -41.38)

LCH

lch(65.93, 41.56, 264.71)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.127, 246.81)

HWB

hwb(207.8, 34.1%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea9b57

Analogous

#57eae5

#57a6ea

#575cea

Triadic

#57a6ea

#ea57a6

#a6ea57

Split-complementary

#57a6ea

#ea575c

#eae557

Tetradic

#57a6ea

#9b57ea

#ea9b57

#a6ea57

Square

#57a6ea

#e557ea

#ea9b57

#5cea57

Shades

Color #57a6ea mixed toward black.

#278de4

#1871be

#12558f

#0c395f

#061c30

Tints

Color #57a6ea mixed toward white.

#73b5ed

#8fc4f1

#abd2f4

#c7e1f8

#e3f0fb

Tones

Color #57a6ea mixed toward gray.

#63a5de

#6fa4d1

#7ca3c5

#88a2b9

#94a1ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182dc · ΔE 17.5

Deuteranopia

#7c76d9 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#5dd0cd · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #57a6ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#57a6ea]

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Frequently asked questions

#57a6ea (#57a6ea) is rgb(87, 166, 234) in RGB.

No, #57a6ea is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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