Recognised as Colour

#59EFFF

#59EFFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#59EFFF is a cyan with RGB values 89, 239, 255 and HSL 186°, 100%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#59EFFF#59EFFF

HEX#59EFFF

RGBrgb(89, 239, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.349, 0.9373, 1

RGB percentages34.9%, 93.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(185.8, 100%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.8, 65.1%, 100%)

CMYK65.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer5,894,143

CSS custom property--colour: #59EFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.22:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#A61000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4D4FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9F4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Aqua · ΔE 14.9 Cyan · ΔE 14.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Turquoise · ΔE 19.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 14.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF6959

Analogous#59FFBC, #599CFF

Triadic#FF59EF, #EFFF59

Split complementary#FF599C, #FFBC59

Tetradic#BC59FF, #FF6959, #9CFF59

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FEFF

Lighter +20%#BFF9FF

Lighter +10%#8CF4FF

Darker −10%#26EAFF

Darker −20%#00DBF2

Darker −30%#00ADBF

Darker −40%#007F8C

More saturated +25%#59EFFF

Less saturated −25%#6EDEEA

Channel breakdown

R89

G239

B255

Red89 (34.9%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue185.78°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness67.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 59 · G EF · B FF

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