#59afe5

Color #59afe5

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 11.6 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#59afe5

RGB

rgb(89, 175, 229)

HSL

hsl(203.1, 72.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(203.1, 61.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(68.34, -10.05, -34.87)

LCH

lch(68.34, 36.29, 253.92)

OKLCH

oklch(72.3%, 0.1145, 238.68)

HWB

hwb(203.1, 34.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e58f59

Analogous

#59e5d5

#59afe5

#5969e5

Triadic

#59afe5

#e559af

#afe559

Split-complementary

#59afe5

#e55969

#e5d559

Tetradic

#59afe5

#8f59e5

#e58f59

#afe559

Square

#59afe5

#d559e5

#e58f59

#69e559

Shades

Color #59afe5 mixed toward black.

#2b99de

#1d7cb7

#165d8a

#0e3e5c

#071f2e

Tints

Color #59afe5 mixed toward white.

#75bce9

#90caee

#acd7f2

#c8e4f6

#e3f2fb

Tones

Color #59afe5 mixed toward gray.

#65add9

#71aace

#7ca7c2

#88a4b6

#93a2ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8788da · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#827bd7 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#60d0ce · ΔE 20.4

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 20.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #59afe5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#59afe5]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#59afe5 (#59afe5) is rgb(89, 175, 229) in RGB.

No, #59afe5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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