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#59CDFF

#59cdff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#59cdff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.1% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 198.07°, with 100% saturation and 67.45% 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 11.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 4.58.

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Relative luminance0.5301

Complementary

  1. #59cdff
  2. #ff8b59

Split complementary

  1. #59cdff
  2. #ff597a
  3. #ffde59

Analogous

  1. #59ffde
  2. #59cdff
  3. #597aff

Triadic

  1. #59cdff
  2. #ff59cd
  3. #cdff59

Tetradic

  1. #59cdff
  2. #8b59ff
  3. #ff8b59
  4. #cdff59

Square

  1. #59cdff
  2. #de59ff
  3. #ff8b59
  4. #7aff59

Monochromatic

  1. #0085bf
  2. #0cb6ff
  3. #59cdff
  4. #a5e4ff
  5. #ebf9ff

Shades

#59cdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #59cdff
  2. #50b9e6
  3. #47a4cc
  4. #3e90b3
  5. #357b99
  6. #2d6780
  7. #245266
  8. #1b3e4d
  9. #122933
  10. #09151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#59cdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #59cdff
  2. #6ad2ff
  3. #7ad7ff
  4. #8bdcff
  5. #9be1ff
  6. #ace6ff
  7. #bdebff
  8. #cdf0ff
  9. #def5ff
  10. #eefaff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#59cdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #59cdff
  2. #5dc5f2
  3. #61bee6
  4. #65b6d9
  5. #69aecc
  6. #6da7c0
  7. #709fb3
  8. #7497a6
  9. #788f99
  10. #7c888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1c6dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3caff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb9fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dbdd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98cbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87c1ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d6ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-59cdff {
  color: #59cdff;
}
Background
.bg-59cdff {
  background-color: #59cdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-59cdff {
  border: 2px solid #59cdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #59cdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 205 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-59cdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #59cdff, #597aff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-59cdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 205 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.58 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.81 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.89 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.76 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.21 #a63200 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#59cdff  rgb(89, 205, 255)  hsl(198, 100%, 67%)  Light Sky Blue
#ff8b59  rgb(255, 139, 89)  hsl(18, 100%, 67%)  Coral
#ff59cd  rgb(255, 89, 205)  hsl(318, 100%, 67%)  Rose Pink
#cdff59  rgb(205, 255, 89)  hsl(78, 100%, 67%)  Green Yellow