#0594DE

sRGB · 5 / 148 / 222

#0594DE belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 5 red, 148 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 200.5° lands in the azure region. Its 95.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 44.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 5, 148, 222
HSL: 200.46°, 95.59%, 44.51%
HSV / HSB: 200.46°, 97.75%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 97.75%, 33.33%, 0.00%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 23.835, 26.485, 72.965
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 58.494, -5.788, -46.567
WCAG relative luminance: 0.26486
24-bit decimal: 365790

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #0594DE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 6.30:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.33:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DE4F05 sits half a turn (180°) from #0594DE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#0594DE #DE4F05

Analogous

#05DEBB and #0528DE sit 30° to either side of #0594DE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#05DEBB #0594DE #0528DE

Triadic

#0594DE, #DE0594 and #94DE05 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#0594DE #DE0594 #94DE05

Split complementary

Start at #0594DE and look across the wheel. #DE0527 and #DEBB05 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#0594DE #DE0527 #DEBB05

Square

Starting with #0594DE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BC05DE, #DE4F05, then #28DE05. Across the square, #0594DE pairs with #DE4F05, and #BC05DE with #28DE05.

#0594DE #BC05DE #DE4F05 #28DE05

Tetradic

#0594DE and #DE4F05 are opposites, as are #4F05DE and #94DE05. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#0594DE #4F05DE #DE4F05 #94DE05

Tints

Mixing #0594DE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #37A9E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #CDEAF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#0594DE #37A9E5 #69BFEB #9BD4F2 #CDEAF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #0594DE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #0476B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #011E2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#0594DE #0476B2 #035985 #023B59 #011E2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #0594DE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1E90CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #678493, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#0594DE #1E90CB #368CB8 #4F88A6 #678493 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#0594DE

RGB

rgb(5 148 222)

HSL

hsl(200.461 95.595% 44.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #0594DE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#0594DE uses 5 red, 148 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 2.0%

Green 58.0%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #0594DE is 97.7% cyan, 33.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 97.7%

Magenta 33.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #0099DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #09D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #0594DE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #0099CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #0099DD Nearest web-safe · #0099CC

Gradient to complement

#0594DE #2989BA #4D7D96 #727272 #96664D #BA5B29 #DE4F05

Color vision previews

Compare how #0594DE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7096E1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5485DD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00A6AF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5A94E0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#498BDD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0099CE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#8D8D8D

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#6690BB

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00152 G 0.29614 B 0.73046

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.25724 G 0.57156 B 0.84699

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.05382 G 0.28636 B 0.68656

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.193 y 0.215 Y 26.485

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 98.039 M % 41.961 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00000101 10010100 11011110