Recognised as Colour

#59E5FE

#59E5FE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#59E5FE is a cyan with RGB values 89, 229, 254 and HSL 189°, 99%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#59E5FE#59E5FE

HEX#59E5FE

RGBrgb(89, 229, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.898, 0.9961

RGB percentages34.9%, 89.8%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(189.1, 98.8%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 65%, 99.6%)

CMYK65%, 9.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,891,582

CSS custom property--colour: #59E5FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.06:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#A61A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B9CCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00F0EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 16.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 20.6 Aqua · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 16.35, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FE7259

Analogous#59FEC5, #5992FE

Triadic#FE59E5, #E5FE59

Split complementary#FE5992, #FEC559

Tetradic#C559FE, #FE7259, #92FE59

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F1FDFF

Lighter +20%#BEF5FF

Lighter +10%#8CEDFE

Darker −10%#26DDFE

Darker −20%#01CBF0

Darker −30%#01A0BD

Darker −40%#01758A

More saturated +25%#58E6FF

Less saturated −25%#6ED6E9

Channel breakdown

R89

G229

B254

Red89 (34.9%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue189.09°

Saturation (HSL)98.8%

Lightness67.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G E5 · B FE

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