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#66BFCE

#66bfce ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#66bfce is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 74.9% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.49% cyan, 7.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 188.65°, with 51.49% saturation and 60.39% 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 9.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.85.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4454

Complementary

  1. #66bfce
  2. #ce7566

Split complementary

  1. #66bfce
  2. #ce668b
  3. #cea966

Analogous

  1. #66cea9
  2. #66bfce
  3. #668bce

Triadic

  1. #66bfce
  2. #ce66bf
  3. #bfce66

Tetradic

  1. #66bfce
  2. #7566ce
  3. #ce7566
  4. #bfce66

Square

  1. #66bfce
  2. #a966ce
  3. #ce7566
  4. #8bce66

Monochromatic

  1. #266a75
  2. #389eaf
  3. #66bfce
  4. #a0d7e1
  5. #daeff3

Shades

#66bfce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #66bfce
  2. #5cacb9
  3. #5299a5
  4. #478690
  5. #3d737c
  6. #336067
  7. #294c52
  8. #1f393e
  9. #142629
  10. #0a1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#66bfce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #66bfce
  2. #75c5d3
  3. #85ccd8
  4. #94d2dd
  5. #a3d9e2
  6. #b3dfe7
  7. #c2e5eb
  8. #d1ecf0
  9. #e0f2f5
  10. #f0f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#66bfce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #66bfce
  2. #69b9c6
  3. #6bb2be
  4. #6eacb7
  5. #70a6af
  6. #73a0a7
  7. #76999f
  8. #789397
  9. #7b8d90
  10. #7d8688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99b7be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1b9cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1adce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #23c6c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99bccf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8db4ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #47c3c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-66bfce {
  color: #66bfce;
}
Background
.bg-66bfce {
  background-color: #66bfce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-66bfce {
  border: 2px solid #66bfce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #66bfce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 191 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 51% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-66bfce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #66bfce, #668bce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-66bfce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 191 206 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.85 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.61 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.08 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.12 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.18 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.54 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.82 #994031 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#66bfce  rgb(102, 191, 206)  hsl(189, 51%, 60%)  Sky Blue
#ce7566  rgb(206, 117, 102)  hsl(9, 51%, 60%)  Terra Cotta
#ce66bf  rgb(206, 102, 191)  hsl(309, 51%, 60%)  Orchid
#bfce66  rgb(191, 206, 102)  hsl(69, 51%, 60%)  June Bud