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Recognised as Colour

#59BCE8

  • #59BCE8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#59BCE8 is a cyan with RGB values 89, 188, 232 and HSL 198°, 76%, 63%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#59BCE8#59BCE8
HEX#59BCE8
RGBrgb(89, 188, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.7373, 0.9098
RGB percentages34.9%, 73.7%, 91%
HSLhsl(198.5, 75.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 61.6%, 91%)
CMYK61.6%, 19%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,881,064
CSS custom property--colour: #59BCE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43916WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.78:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#A64317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B9EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#92AAE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.4Sky blue · ΔE 11.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.1Light steelblue · ΔE 22.2Light blue · ΔE 23Steel blue · ΔE 23.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E88559
Analogous#59E8CC, #5975E8
Triadic#E859BC, #BCE859
Split complementary#E85975, #E8CC59
Tetradic#CC59E8, #E88559, #75E859

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DFF2FB
Lighter +20%#B3E0F4
Lighter +10%#86CEEE
Darker −10%#2CAAE2
Darker −20%#1B8DC0
Darker −30%#146C94
Darker −40%#0E4C67
More saturated +25%#42C5FF
Less saturated −25%#71B3D0

Channel breakdown

R89
G188
B232
Red89 (34.9%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)75.66%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G BC · B E8

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