#57A8BD

A medium, moderate cyan closely aligning with Cadetblue.

About #57A8BD

When working with digital screens, the color #57A8BD is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Cadetblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 87, 168, and 189.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 54% cyan and 11% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 192.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the cyan spectrum.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#57A8BD
RGB87, 168, 189
HSL192.4°, 43.6%, 54.1%
CMYK54%, 11%, 0%, 26%
HSV192.4°, 54.0%, 74.1%
LAB64.7, -18.8, -18.4
XYZ27.1, 33.7, 53.2
Decimal5744829

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.71:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.74:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.59:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.58:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #57A8BD; }
.text-color { color: #57A8BD; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #57A8BD; }

Similar Colors

Cadetblue
#5F9EA0