#599eb5

Color #599eb5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.03 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#599eb5

RGB

rgb(89, 158, 181)

HSL

hsl(195, 38.3%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195, 50.8%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(61.58, -15.38, -18.65)

LCH

lch(61.58, 24.17, 230.49)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.0776, 221.71)

HWB

hwb(195, 34.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b57059

Analogous

#59b59e

#599eb5

#5970b5

Triadic

#599eb5

#b5599e

#9eb559

Split-complementary

#599eb5

#b55970

#b59e59

Tetradic

#599eb5

#7059b5

#b57059

#9eb559

Square

#599eb5

#9e59b5

#b57059

#70b559

Shades

Color #599eb5 mixed toward black.

#45869b

#376b7c

#2a505d

#1c363e

#0e1b1f

Tints

Color #599eb5 mixed toward white.

#75aec1

#90bece

#acceda

#c8dfe6

#e3eff3

Tones

Color #599eb5 mixed toward gray.

#619aad

#6896a6

#70929e

#788f96

#7f8b8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7eb0 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#7973af · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#5eacab · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #599eb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#599eb5]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#599eb5 (#599eb5) is rgb(89, 158, 181) in RGB.

No, #599eb5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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