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Recognised as Colour

#59D1FF

  • #59D1FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#59D1FF is a cyan with RGB values 89, 209, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#59D1FF#59D1FF
HEX#59D1FF
RGBrgb(89, 209, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8196, 1
RGB percentages34.9%, 82%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.6, 100%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 65.1%, 100%)
CMYK65.1%, 18%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,886,463
CSS custom property--colour: #59D1FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#A62E00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8CDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1BCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00DEE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.2Light blue · ΔE 23.3Light steelblue · ΔE 25.4Powder blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8759
Analogous#59FFDA, #597EFF
Triadic#FF59D1, #D1FF59
Split complementary#FF597E, #FFDA59
Tetradic#DA59FF, #FF8759, #7EFF59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F2FBFF
Lighter +20%#BFEDFF
Lighter +10%#8CDFFF
Darker −10%#26C3FF
Darker −20%#00AFF2
Darker −30%#008ABF
Darker −40%#00658C
More saturated +25%#59D1FF
Less saturated −25%#6EC8EA

Channel breakdown

R89
G209
B255
Red89 (34.9%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.63°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G D1 · B FF

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