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Recognised as Colour

#59DBEA

  • #59DBEA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#59DBEA is a cyan with RGB values 89, 219, 234 and HSL 186°, 78%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#59DBEA#59DBEA
HEX#59DBEA
RGBrgb(89, 219, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.8588, 0.9176
RGB percentages34.9%, 85.9%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(186.2, 77.5%, 63.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.2, 62%, 91.8%)
CMYK62%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,889,002
CSS custom property--colour: #59DBEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58727WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.75:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#A62415

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD3EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4C3EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.3Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.5Turquoise · ΔE 19.1Aqua · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA6859
Analogous#59EAB1, #5992EA
Triadic#EA59DB, #DBEA59
Split complementary#EA5992, #EAB059
Tetradic#B159EA, #EA6859, #93EA59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F8FB
Lighter +20%#B4EFF5
Lighter +10%#86E5F0
Darker −10%#2CD1E4
Darker −20%#19B2C4
Darker −30%#138997
Darker −40%#0D606A
More saturated +25%#44ECFF
Less saturated −25%#70C8D3

Channel breakdown

R89
G219
B234
Red89 (34.9%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue186.21°
Saturation (HSL)77.54%
Lightness63.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 59 · G DB · B EA

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