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Recognised as Colour

#59CCFA

  • #59CCFA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#59CCFA is a cyan with RGB values 89, 204, 250 and HSL 197°, 94%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#59CCFA#59CCFA
HEX#59CCFA
RGBrgb(89, 204, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8, 0.9804
RGB percentages34.9%, 80%, 98%
HSLhsl(197.1, 94.2%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 64.4%, 98%)
CMYK64.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,885,178
CSS custom property--colour: #59CCFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#A63305

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C9FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB8F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 23.1Light steelblue · ΔE 24.5Powder blue · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA8759
Analogous#59FAD7, #597CFA
Triadic#FA59CC, #CCFA59
Split complementary#FA597C, #FAD759
Tetradic#D759FA, #FA8759, #7CFA59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#EEFAFE
Lighter +20%#BCEAFD
Lighter +10%#8BDBFB
Darker −10%#27BDF9
Darker −20%#07A6E6
Darker −30%#0583B5
Darker −40%#045F83
More saturated +25%#54CEFF
Less saturated −25%#6EC3E5

Channel breakdown

R89
G204
B250
Red89 (34.9%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)94.15%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G CC · B FA

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