HEX Color #57A0DB (Steelblue)

About #57A0DB

When working with digital screens, the color #57A0DB is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Steelblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 87 red, 160 green, and 219 blue.

For print applications, it's crucial to understand its CMYK makeup. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 60% cyan and 27% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#57A0DB

RGB87, 160, 219

HSL206.8°, 64.7%, 60.0%

CMYK60%, 27%, 0%, 14%

HSV206.8°, 60.3%, 85.9%

LAB63.6, -5.3, -36.8

XYZ29.3, 32.3, 71.7

Decimal5742811

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#57A0DB #DB9256

Analogous

#56DBD3 #565EDB

Triadic

#DB56A0 #9FDB56

Tetradic

#D456DB #DB9256 #5DDB56

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#57A0DB

#69AADF

#7CB5E3

#8FBFE7

#A1CAEB

#B4D4EF

#C7DFF3

#D9E9F7

#ECF4FB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#57A0DB

#4D8EC2

#437CAA

#3A6A92

#305879

#264761

#1D3549

#132330

#091118

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.82:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.46:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.69:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.34:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #57A0DB; }

.text-color { color: #57A0DB; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #57A0DB; }

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