Deep sky blue

#59bcff

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for deep sky blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Deep sky blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Deep sky blue color values

Every conversion for #59bcff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#59bcff

RGB89, 188, 255

HSL204, 100%, 67%

HSV204, 65%, 100%

CMYK65%, 26%, 0%, 0%

Lab73.1, -8.86, -41.59

XYZ40.15, 45.31, 101.24

Decimal5881087

Web safe#66ccff

Pantone2915 C

Shades of deep sky blue

#3aafff #1aa3ff #0095fa #0082db #0070bb #005d9c #004a7d #00385d #00253e #00121f

Tints of deep sky blue

#68c2ff #77c8ff #85ceff #94d4ff #a3daff #b2e0ff #c1e6ff #d0ecff #def2ff #edf8ff

Colors that go with deep sky blue

Complementary#ff9c59 Analogous#59ffef Analogous#5969ff Triadic#ff59bc Triadic#bcff59 Split complementary#ff5969 Split complementary#ffef59

Deep sky blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 65, 26, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #59bcff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 26 0 0

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 28 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Deep sky blue in css

Copy #59bcff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #59bcff; }
.text { color: #59bcff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #59bcff; }

How deep sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #59bcff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #59bcff against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #59bcff sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep sky blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #59bcff and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from deep sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #59bcff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.