#59cbe5

Color #59cbe5

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.3 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#59cbe5

RGB

rgb(89, 203, 229)

HSL

hsl(191.1, 72.9%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.1, 61.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(76.37, -24.66, -22.54)

LCH

lch(76.37, 33.41, 222.43)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.1086, 215.21)

HWB

hwb(191.1, 34.9%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e57359

Analogous

#59e5b9

#59cbe5

#5985e5

Triadic

#59cbe5

#e559cb

#cbe559

Split-complementary

#59cbe5

#e55985

#e5b959

Tetradic

#59cbe5

#7359e5

#e57359

#cbe559

Square

#59cbe5

#b959e5

#e57359

#85e559

Shades

Color #59cbe5 mixed toward black.

#2bbdde

#1d9bb7

#16748a

#0e4d5c

#07272e

Tints

Color #59cbe5 mixed toward white.

#75d4e9

#90dcee

#ace5f2

#c8eef6

#e3f6fb

Tones

Color #59cbe5 mixed toward gray.

#65c4d9

#71bcce

#7cb5c2

#88aeb6

#93a6ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899df · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#9289de · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#63dad9 · ΔE 10.1

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #59cbe5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#59cbe5]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#59cbe5 (#59cbe5) is rgb(89, 203, 229) in RGB.

No, #59cbe5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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