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Recognised as Colour

#0595D8

  • #0595D8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0595D8 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 149, 216 and HSL 199°, 95%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0595D8#0595D8
HEX#0595D8
RGBrgb(5, 149, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.5843, 0.8471
RGB percentages2%, 58.4%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(199.1, 95.5%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 97.7%, 84.7%)
CMYK97.7%, 31%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer366,040
CSS custom property--colour: #0595D8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.3:1
Contrast with white3.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.3:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#FA6A27

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7496DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5A85D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 13.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.3Light skyblue · ΔE 25.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.4Sky blue · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 13.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D84805
Analogous#05D8B1, #052CD8
Triadic#D80595, #95D805
Split complementary#D8052C, #D8B105
Tetradic#B205D8, #D84805, #2CD805

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACE3FD
Lighter +30%#7AD3FC
Lighter +20%#48C2FB
Lighter +10%#16B1FA
Darker −10%#0473A6
Darker −20%#035074
Darker −30%#022E42
Darker −40%#000B11
More saturated +25%#0097DD
Less saturated −25%#218BBC

Channel breakdown

R5
G149
B216
Red5 (2%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue199.05°
Saturation (HSL)95.48%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 95 · B D8

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