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#66878C

#66878c ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#66878c is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 52.94% green and 54.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.14% cyan, 3.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black. Its hue angle is 187.89°, with 15.7% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 9.35.

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Relative luminance0.2205

Complementary

  1. #66878c
  2. #8c6b66

Split complementary

  1. #66878c
  2. #8c6674
  3. #8c7e66

Analogous

  1. #668c7e
  2. #66878c
  3. #66748c

Triadic

  1. #66878c
  2. #8c6687
  3. #878c66

Tetradic

  1. #66878c
  2. #6b668c
  3. #8c6b66
  4. #878c66

Square

  1. #66878c
  2. #7e668c
  3. #8c6b66
  4. #748c66

Monochromatic

  1. #263233
  2. #465c60
  3. #66878c
  4. #90aaae
  5. #bccccf

Shades

#66878c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #66878c
  2. #5c7a7e
  3. #526c70
  4. #475f62
  5. #3d5154
  6. #334446
  7. #293638
  8. #1f292a
  9. #141b1c
  10. #0a0e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#66878c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #66878c
  2. #759398
  3. #859fa3
  4. #94abaf
  5. #a3b7ba
  6. #b3c3c6
  7. #c2cfd1
  8. #d1dbdd
  9. #e0e7e8
  10. #f0f3f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#66878c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #66878c
  2. #69868b
  3. #6b868a
  4. #6e8588
  5. #708487
  6. #738486
  7. #768385
  8. #788284
  9. #7b8182
  10. #7d8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #778486 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82848c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b7f8c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5a8a88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77858c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73828c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5f898a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-66878c {
  color: #66878c;
}
Background
.bg-66878c {
  background-color: #66878c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-66878c {
  border: 2px solid #66878c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #66878c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 135 140;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 16% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-66878c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #66878c, #66748c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-66878c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 135 140 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.35 #708090 Slate Gray ΔE 9.42 #708090 Slate Grey ΔE 9.42 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 9.51 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.53 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.53 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.91 #997873 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#66878c  rgb(102, 135, 140)  hsl(188, 16%, 47%)  Cadet Blue
#8c6b66  rgb(140, 107, 102)  hsl(8, 16%, 47%)  Copper Rose
#8c6687  rgb(140, 102, 135)  hsl(308, 16%, 47%)  Mountbatten Pink
#878c66  rgb(135, 140, 102)  hsl(68, 16%, 47%)  Moss Green