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Recognised as Colour

#059CD8

  • #059CD8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#059CD8 is a cyan with RGB values 5, 156, 216 and HSL 197°, 95%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#059CD8#059CD8
HEX#059CD8
RGBrgb(5, 156, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.0196, 0.6118, 0.8471
RGB percentages2%, 61.2%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(197.1, 95.5%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 97.7%, 84.7%)
CMYK97.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer367,832
CSS custom property--colour: #059CD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28767WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.75:1
Contrast with white3.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.75:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#FA6327

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7E9BDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#658BD7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.11:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.3Steel blue · ΔE 14.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8Sky blue · ΔE 26.5Light slate grey · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D84105
Analogous#05D8AA, #0533D8
Triadic#D8059C, #9CD805
Split complementary#D80533, #D8AA05
Tetradic#AA05D8, #D84105, #33D805

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACE6FD
Lighter +30%#7AD7FC
Lighter +20%#48C8FB
Lighter +10%#16B9FA
Darker −10%#0478A6
Darker −20%#035474
Darker −30%#023042
Darker −40%#000C11
More saturated +25%#009EDD
Less saturated −25%#2190BC

Channel breakdown

R5
G156
B216
Red5 (2%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue197.06°
Saturation (HSL)95.48%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 05 · G 9C · B D8

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