#588ee6

Color #588ee6

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 2.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#588ee6

RGB

rgb(88, 142, 230)

HSL

hsl(217.2, 74%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.2, 61.7%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.7%, 38.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(59.1, 8.91, -49.94)

LCH

lch(59.1, 50.73, 280.12)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.1442, 259.7)

HWB

hwb(217.2, 34.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b058

Analogous

#58d5e6

#588ee6

#6958e6

Triadic

#588ee6

#e6588e

#8ee658

Split-complementary

#588ee6

#e66958

#d5e658

Tetradic

#588ee6

#b058e6

#e6b058

#8ee658

Square

#588ee6

#e658d5

#e6b058

#58e669

Shades

Color #588ee6 mixed toward black.

#2a6fdf

#1c57b9

#15418a

#0e2c5c

#07162e

Tints

Color #588ee6 mixed toward white.

#74a1ea

#90b4ee

#acc7f3

#c7d9f7

#e3ecfb

Tones

Color #588ee6 mixed toward gray.

#6491da

#7094ce

#7c97c3

#8799b7

#939cab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7374d5 · ΔE 12.1

Deuteranopia

#706cd1 · ΔE 14.3

Tritanopia

#5cc6c3 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 23.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #588ee6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#588ee6]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#588ee6 (#588ee6) is rgb(88, 142, 230) in RGB.

No, #588ee6 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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