#597bc7

Color #597bc7

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.4 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#597bc7

RGB

rgb(89, 123, 199)

HSL

hsl(221.5, 49.5%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(221.5, 55.3%, 78%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 22%)

LAB

lab(52.3, 10.3, -43.27)

LCH

lch(52.3, 44.48, 283.39)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.1231, 264.69)

HWB

hwb(221.5, 34.9%, 22%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7a559

Analogous

#59b2c7

#597bc7

#6e59c7

Triadic

#597bc7

#c7597b

#7bc759

Split-complementary

#597bc7

#c76e59

#b2c759

Tetradic

#597bc7

#a559c7

#c7a559

#7bc759

Square

#597bc7

#c759b2

#c7a559

#59c76e

Shades

Color #597bc7 mixed toward black.

#3d61b3

#314e90

#243a6c

#182748

#0c1324

Tints

Color #597bc7 mixed toward white.

#7591d0

#90a7da

#acbde3

#c8d3ec

#e3e9f6

Tones

Color #597bc7 mixed toward gray.

#627fbe

#6b82b5

#7586ac

#7e89a2

#878d99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.08:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696ab8 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#6765b4 · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#5baba8 · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #597bc7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#597bc7]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#597bc7 (#597bc7) is rgb(89, 123, 199) in RGB.

No, #597bc7 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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