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#577fda

a balanced, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Steel Blue

Token name suggestion: Signal Sapphire

RGB
87, 127, 218
HSL
222°, 64%, 60%
CMYK
60, 42, 0, 15
Luminance
0.2227

#577fda is a balanced vivid blue, 222° on the wheel and 93/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.45:1). As text it scores 3.85:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(222 64% 60%)rgb(87 127 218)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #577fda is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#577fda
Hue
222°
blue
Saturation
64%
vivid
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2227
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
93/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.45:1
Closest name
Steel Blue
ΔE2000 7
Chroma
52.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.611
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 4
Web-safe
#6666CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue222° of 360°
Saturation64%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #577fda.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool93% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red9%
Green68%
Blue23%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#577fda
HEX (8-digit)#577fdaff
RGBrgb(87, 127, 218)
RGBArgba(87, 127, 218, 1)
HSLhsl(222, 64%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222, 60%, 85%)
HWBhwb(222 34% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 42%, 0%, 15%)
LABlab(54.3 13.7 -50.9)
LCHlch(54.3 52.7 285.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.611 0.145 264.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(24.17, 22.26, 69.34)
Decimal5734362
Display P3color(display-p3 0.341 0.498 0.855)
Web-safe#6666CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #577fda;
background-color: #577fda;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #577fda;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#577fda] bg-[#577fda]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #577fda;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.341, green: 0.498, blue: 0.855)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.341, green: 0.498, blue: 0.855, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#577FDA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF577FDA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF577FDA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 127, 87)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(87, 127, 218)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(87, 127, 218)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 87, 127, 218)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3412f, 0.4980f, 0.8549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{87,127,218}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #577fda 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #577fda 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#173068, #D3DBEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #577fda h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F4F6FB;
  --brand-100: #E8EDF7;
  --brand-200: #CBD7F0;
  --brand-300: #A3B9EB;
  --brand-400: #7596E1;
  --brand-500: #577fda;
  --brand-600: #2C5CC9;
  --brand-700: #254DA7;
  --brand-800: #1D3D86;
  --brand-900: #192F61;
  --brand-950: #101D3D;
  --brand: #577fda;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C0CDED;
  --brand-hover: #3A69D4;
  --brand-pressed: #2A58BF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141924;
    --brand-ink: #D3DBEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F4F6FB',
        100: '#E8EDF7',
        200: '#CBD7F0',
        300: '#A3B9EB',
        400: '#7596E1',
        500: '#577fda',
        600: '#2C5CC9',
        700: '#254DA7',
        800: '#1D3D86',
        900: '#192F61',
        950: '#101D3D',
        DEFAULT: '#577fda',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F4F6FB,
  '100': #E8EDF7,
  '200': #CBD7F0,
  '300': #A3B9EB,
  '400': #7596E1,
  '500': #577fda,
  '600': #2C5CC9,
  '700': #254DA7,
  '800': #1D3D86,
  '900': #192F61,
  '950': #101D3D,
);
$brand-base: #577fda;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F4F6FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8EDF7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CBD7F0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A3B9EB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7596E1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#577fda", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#2C5CC9", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#254DA7", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1D3D86", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#192F61", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#101D3D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #577fda · 5.45:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.85:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #577fda as text scores 3.85:1 on white and 5.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #173068 at 3.29:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#4672D6 · 4.53:1
AA on white−4% L
#4672D6
The quick fox
#2752B3 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−17% L
#2752B3
The quick fox
#577fda · 5.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#577fda
The quick fox
#7495E0 · 7.12:1
AAA on black+7% L
#7495E0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #577FDA is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#577fda on white: 3.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#577fda on black: 5.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #577fda as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #577fda.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.85:1AaAa
Slate 503.68:1AaAa
Slate 1003.52:1AaAa
Slate 2003.12:1AaAa
Slate 3002.59:1AaAa
Slate 4001.50:1AaAa
Slate 5001.24:1AaAa
Slate 6001.97:1AaAa
Slate 7002.69:1AaAa
Slate 8003.80:1AaAa
Slate 9004.64:1AaAa
Black5.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #5788DE
deuteranopia · #447CD8
tritanopia · #0093A2

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #577fda is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F4F6FB
#E8EDF7
#CBD7F0
#A3B9EB
#7596E1
#577fda
#2C5CC9
#254DA7
#1D3D86
#192F61
#101D3D
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F4F6FBDarkest = 950 · #101D3DText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.036 264.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.058 264.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.087 264.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.113 264.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.134 264.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.145 264.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.145 264.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.137 264.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.122 264.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.102 264.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.080 264.6);
}

Colors that work with #577fda

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F6FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0CDED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B639B
Captions on the surface
Accent#AB5F21
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#173068
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAEFFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141924
Dark-mode background
Hover#3A69D4
One step down in lightness
Pressed#2A58BF
Two steps down
Disabled#C6CDDB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#5E88E7
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #577fda

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #173068
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight40/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DAB257
Analogous left#57C0DA
Analogous right#7157DA
Split-complement 1#DA7157
Split-complement 2#C0DA57
Triadic 1#DA577F
Triadic 2#7FDA57
Tetradic#DA57C0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°222°

#577fda sits at 222°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red34.1%
Green49.8%
Blue85.5%
R · 0–255
87
0x57
G · 0–255
127
0x7f
B · 0–255
218
0xda

CMYK percentages

Cyan60.1%
Magenta41.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)14.5%

Total ink coverage is 116%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#577fda text on a black background

contrast 5.45:1

Card sample

#577fda text on a white background

contrast 3.85:1

Card sample

#577fda on grey

3.52:1

#577fda on its own surface

3.56:1

#577fda on its dark surface

4.57:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #577fda;
Background color
Panel with #577fda background
background-color: #577fda;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #577fda;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(87, 127, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(87, 127, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #577fda;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #577fda, #8657DA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #577fda, #A757DA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #577fda;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #577fda;
caret-color: #577fda;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #577fda;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAEFFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #577fda;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#577fda 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #577fda over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(87, 127, 218, 0.5)
rgb(87 127 218 / 50%)
#577fda80
hsl(222 64% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #577fda 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#577fda1a#EEF2FB
20%#577fda33#DDE5F8
40%#577fda66#BCCCF0
60%#577fda99#9AB2E9
80%#577fdacc#7999E1

Gradients from #577fda

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #89A5E5, #577fda 45%, #173068);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #577fda, #813ED4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #577fda, #DAB257);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A2B8EB 0%, #577fda 45%, #173068 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F6FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #81D8E3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8F70E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #173068 0%, transparent 65%), #577fda;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #577fda

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#577fda in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.45:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#577fda, answered

What color is #577fda?

#577fda is a balanced vivid blue, closest to Steel Blue (ΔE2000 7). It sits at 222° on the hue wheel with 64% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #577fda?

rgb(87, 127, 218) — 87 red, 127 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 34.1% / 49.8% / 85.5% by channel.

What is #577fda in HSL and HSV?

hsl(222, 64%, 60%) and hsv(222, 60%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #577fda a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2227 and perceived brightness is 51%, so black text on it reaches 5.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #577fda?

Black. It scores 5.45:1 against #577fda, versus 3.85:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #577fda accessible on a white background?

#577fda on white scores 3.85:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #4672D6 to reach 4.5:1, or #2752B3 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #577fda?

#DAB257 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DA7157 and #C0DA57, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #577fda?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C0CDED for borders, #4B639B for secondary text, #AB5F21 as an accent and #173068 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #57C0DA and #7157DA stays calm, while #DAB257 is the loudest partner.

What is #577fda in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(60%, 42%, 0%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #577fda warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 93 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #5F57DA; nudged cooler, #558CDC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #577fda?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #577fda as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #577fda in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#577fda] or text-[#577fda], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #577fda with 50% opacity?

rgba(87, 127, 218, 0.5), or #577fda80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #ABBFED; over black, #2C406D.

Is #577fda a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6666CC, ΔE2000 10.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #577fda mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #577fda?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #89A5E5, #577fda 45%, #173068). For more colour, a short hue run to #813ED4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #577fda in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #577fda at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.