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Colour

#59BAFB

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

#59BAFB is a blue with RGB values 89, 186, 251 and HSL 204°, 95%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#59BAFB#59BAFB
HEX#59BAFB
RGBrgb(89, 186, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.7294, 0.9843
RGB percentages34.9%, 72.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(204.1, 95.3%, 66.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.1, 64.5%, 98.4%)
CMYK64.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,880,571
CSS custom property--colour: #59BAFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#A64504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CBAFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#86AAFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 21.3Steel blue · ΔE 22.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9Light steelblue · ΔE 27.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.82, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB9A59
Analogous#59FBEB, #5969FB
Triadic#FB59BA, #BAFB59
Split complementary#FB5969, #FBEB59
Tetradic#EB59FB, #FB9A59, #69FB59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEF8FF
Lighter +20%#BDE3FD
Lighter +10%#8BCFFC
Darker −10%#27A5FA
Darker −20%#068DE8
Darker −30%#046FB7
Darker −40%#035185
More saturated +25%#55BBFF
Less saturated −25%#6EB6E6

Channel breakdown

R89
G186
B251
Red89 (34.9%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue204.07°
Saturation (HSL)95.29%
Lightness66.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G BA · B FB

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