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Colour

#59B8EB

  • #59B8EB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#59B8EB is a blue with RGB values 89, 184, 235 and HSL 201°, 78%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#59B8EB#59B8EB
HEX#59B8EB
RGBrgb(89, 184, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.7216, 0.9216
RGB percentages34.9%, 72.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(201, 78.5%, 63.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201, 62.1%, 92.2%)
CMYK62.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,880,043
CSS custom property--colour: #59B8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42403WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.48:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#A64714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A0B7EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10Light skyblue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 15Steel blue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.2Light blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.99, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB8C59
Analogous#59EBD5, #596FEB
Triadic#EB59B8, #B8EB59
Split complementary#EB596F, #EBD559
Tetradic#D559EB, #EB8C59, #6FEB59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F2FB
Lighter +20%#B4DFF6
Lighter +10%#87CBF0
Darker −10%#2BA5E6
Darker −20%#1889C6
Darker −30%#126A99
Darker −40%#0D4A6B
More saturated +25%#45BEFF
Less saturated −25%#70B1D4

Channel breakdown

R89
G184
B235
Red89 (34.9%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue200.96°
Saturation (HSL)78.49%
Lightness63.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G B8 · B EB

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