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#66AFBD

#66afbd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#66afbd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 68.63% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.03% cyan, 7.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 189.66°, with 39.73% saturation and 57.06% 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 8.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.44.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3716

Complementary

  1. #66afbd
  2. #bd7466

Split complementary

  1. #66afbd
  2. #bd6683
  3. #bda066

Analogous

  1. #66bda0
  2. #66afbd
  3. #6683bd

Triadic

  1. #66afbd
  2. #bd66af
  3. #afbd66

Tetradic

  1. #66afbd
  2. #7466bd
  3. #bd7466
  4. #afbd66

Square

  1. #66afbd
  2. #a066bd
  3. #bd7466
  4. #83bd66

Monochromatic

  1. #2a5860
  2. #418896
  3. #66afbd
  4. #9bcbd4
  5. #d1e7eb

Shades

#66afbd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #66afbd
  2. #5c9eaa
  3. #528c97
  4. #477b84
  5. #3d6971
  6. #33585f
  7. #29464c
  8. #1f3539
  9. #142326
  10. #0a1213
  11. #000000

Tints

#66afbd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #66afbd
  2. #75b7c4
  3. #85bfca
  4. #94c7d1
  5. #a3cfd7
  6. #b3d7de
  7. #c2dfe5
  8. #d1e7eb
  9. #e0eff2
  10. #f0f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#66afbd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #66afbd
  2. #69aab7
  3. #6ba6b1
  4. #6ea1ab
  5. #709ca5
  6. #73989f
  7. #769398
  8. #788e92
  9. #7b898c
  10. #7d8586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fa9af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3aabe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a0bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3ab5b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8facbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a6bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4fb3b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-66afbd {
  color: #66afbd;
}
Background
.bg-66afbd {
  background-color: #66afbd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-66afbd {
  border: 2px solid #66afbd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #66afbd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 175 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 40% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-66afbd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #66afbd, #6683bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-66afbd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 175 189 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.44 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.97 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.38 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.84 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 11.02 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.36 #995042 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#66afbd  rgb(102, 175, 189)  hsl(190, 40%, 57%)  Moonstone Blue
#bd7466  rgb(189, 116, 102)  hsl(10, 40%, 57%)  Old Rose
#bd66af  rgb(189, 102, 175)  hsl(310, 40%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#afbd66  rgb(175, 189, 102)  hsl(70, 40%, 57%)  Dark Khaki