Information about #059FAE color

#059FAE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#059FAE falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(5, 159, 174) — 2% red, 62.4% green, 68.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 66 / 6 / 0 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #059FAE reads as a pure, full-strength water-like cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Strong Cyan (#00A8A8). Slightly further away sit Boy Red (#0E9CA5) and Bondi Blue (#0095B6).

In RGB terms — rgb(5, 159, 174) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #059FAE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#059FAE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#059FAE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#059FAE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#059FAE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#059FAE color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#059FAE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#AD6705
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#9FAD05
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #059FAE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Strong Cyan color link
Strong Cyan

#00A8A8

Boy Red color link
Boy Red

#0E9CA5

Bondi Blue color link
Bondi Blue

#0095B6

Strong Arctic Blue color link
Strong Arctic Blue

#0093A8

Spring Teal color link
Spring Teal

#0EA7A5

Blue Green color link
Blue Green

#0D98BA

Seeker color link
Seeker

#0092A5

Manganese Blue color link
Manganese Blue

#03A89E

Viridian Green color link
Viridian Green

#009698

AITriedPume color link
AITriedPume

#13B6A9

Bowie color link
Bowie

#0084AC

Persian Green color link
Persian Green

#00A693

#059FAE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#059FAE
  • RGB5, 159, 174
  • CMYK66, 6, 0, 32
  • CSSrgb(5, 159, 174)
  • HSL185°, 94%, 35%
  • HSL Precise185.325°, 94.413%, 35.098%
  • HSV185°, 97%, 68%
  • HSB185°, 97%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.020
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.624
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • GLSLvec3(0.020, 0.624, 0.682)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.020, 0.624, 0.682, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.020, 0.624, 0.682)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB68.2%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID059FAE
  • DECIMAL ID368558
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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