#059ddd

Color #059ddd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 13.13 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#059ddd

RGB

rgb(5, 157, 221)

HSL

hsl(197.8, 95.6%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.8, 97.7%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(97.7%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(61.1, -11.27, -41.9)

LCH

lch(61.1, 43.39, 254.95)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.1423, 236.67)

HWB

hwb(197.8, 2%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dd4505

Analogous

#05ddb1

#059ddd

#0531dd

Triadic

#059ddd

#dd059d

#9ddd05

Split-complementary

#059ddd

#dd0531

#ddb105

Tetradic

#059ddd

#4505dd

#dd4505

#9ddd05

Square

#059ddd

#b105dd

#dd4505

#31dd05

Shades

Color #059ddd mixed toward black.

#0483b8

#036993

#024e6e

#02344a

#011a25

Tints

Color #059ddd mixed toward white.

#17b7fa

#46c5fb

#74d4fc

#a2e2fd

#d1f1fe

Tones

Color #059ddd mixed toward gray.

#1796cb

#298eb9

#3b87a7

#4d8095

#5f7883

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6cd0 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#645acd · ΔE 28.7

Tritanopia

#25c5c2 · ΔE 23.7

Achromatopsia

#939393 · ΔE 22.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #059ddd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#059ddd]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#059ddd (#059ddd) is rgb(5, 157, 221) in RGB.

No, #059ddd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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