Recognised as Colour

#059BCE

#059BCE
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#059BCE is a cyan with RGB values 5, 155, 206 and HSL 195°, 95%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

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HEX#059BCE

RGBrgb(5, 155, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6078, 0.8078

RGB percentages2%, 60.8%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(195.2, 95.3%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.2, 97.6%, 80.8%)

CMYK97.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer367,566

CSS custom property--colour: #059BCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27931WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness137.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.59:1

Contrast with white3.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black6.59:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F

Inverted#FA6431

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8199D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#6989CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00A9ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text3.19:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text6.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.1 Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 21.6 Sky blue · ΔE 24.1 Light slate grey · ΔE 28.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.08, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CE3805

Analogous#05CE9D, #0536CE

Triadic#CE059B, #9BCE05

Split complementary#CE0537, #CE9D05

Tetradic#9D05CE, #CE3805, #36CE05

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#A2E6FD

Lighter +30%#70D8FC

Lighter +20%#3FCBFA

Lighter +10%#0DBDF9

Darker −10%#04769C

Darker −20%#03506A

Darker −30%#012B39

Darker −40%#000507

More saturated +25%#009DD3

Less saturated −25%#1F8EB4

Channel breakdown

G155

B206

Red5 (2%)

Green155 (60.8%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue195.22°

Saturation (HSL)95.26%

Lightness41.37%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 05 · G 9B · B CE

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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