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#59CDFE

#59cdfe ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#59cdfe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 80.39% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.96% cyan, 19.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 197.82°, with 98.8% saturation and 67.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 4.67.

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Relative luminance0.5294

Complementary

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #fe8a59

Split complementary

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #fe597a
  3. #fedc59

Analogous

  1. #59fedc
  2. #59cdfe
  3. #597afe

Triadic

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #fe59cd
  3. #cdfe59

Tetradic

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #8a59fe
  3. #fe8a59
  4. #cdfe59

Square

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #dc59fe
  3. #fe8a59
  4. #7afe59

Monochromatic

  1. #0185bd
  2. #0db6fe
  3. #59cdfe
  4. #a5e4fe
  5. #ebf9ff

Shades

#59cdfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #50b9e5
  3. #47a4cb
  4. #3e90b2
  5. #357b98
  6. #2d677f
  7. #245266
  8. #1b3e4c
  9. #122933
  10. #091519
  11. #000000

Tints

#59cdfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #6ad2fe
  3. #7ad7fe
  4. #8bdcfe
  5. #9be1fe
  6. #ace6ff
  7. #bdebff
  8. #cdf0ff
  9. #def5ff
  10. #eefaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#59cdfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #59cdfe
  2. #5dc5f1
  3. #61bee5
  4. #65b6d8
  5. #69aecc
  6. #6da7bf
  7. #709fb2
  8. #7497a6
  9. #788f99
  10. #7c888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1c6dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4caff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db9fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbdd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98cbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87c1fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d5eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-59cdfe {
  color: #59cdfe;
}
Background
.bg-59cdfe {
  background-color: #59cdfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-59cdfe {
  border: 2px solid #59cdfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #59cdfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 205 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 99% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-59cdfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #59cdfe, #597afe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-59cdfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 205 254 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.67 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.81 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.92 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.94 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.45 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.14 #a63201 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#59cdfe  rgb(89, 205, 254)  hsl(198, 99%, 67%)  Light Sky Blue
#fe8a59  rgb(254, 138, 89)  hsl(18, 99%, 67%)  Coral
#fe59cd  rgb(254, 89, 205)  hsl(318, 99%, 67%)  Rose Pink
#cdfe59  rgb(205, 254, 89)  hsl(78, 99%, 67%)  Electric Lime