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#66CAFF

#66caff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#66caff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 79.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.78°, with 100% saturation and 70% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.5229

Complementary

  1. #66caff
  2. #ff9b66

Split complementary

  1. #66caff
  2. #ff667e
  3. #ffe766

Analogous

  1. #66ffe7
  2. #66caff
  3. #667eff

Triadic

  1. #66caff
  2. #ff66ca
  3. #caff66

Tetradic

  1. #66caff
  2. #9b66ff
  3. #ff9b66
  4. #caff66

Square

  1. #66caff
  2. #e766ff
  3. #ff9b66
  4. #7eff66

Monochromatic

  1. #0085cc
  2. #1ab0ff
  3. #66caff
  4. #b3e5ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#66caff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #66caff
  2. #5cb6e6
  3. #52a2cc
  4. #478db3
  5. #3d7999
  6. #336580
  7. #295166
  8. #1f3d4d
  9. #142833
  10. #0a141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#66caff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #66caff
  2. #75cfff
  3. #85d5ff
  4. #94daff
  5. #a3dfff
  6. #b3e5ff
  7. #c2eaff
  8. #d1efff
  9. #e0f4ff
  10. #f0faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#66caff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #66caff
  2. #69c3f2
  3. #6bbbe6
  4. #6eb4d9
  5. #70accc
  6. #73a5c0
  7. #769eb3
  8. #7896a6
  9. #7b8f99
  10. #7d878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3c4dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb8fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d8dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98c9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89c0ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #25d3eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-66caff {
  color: #66caff;
}
Background
.bg-66caff {
  background-color: #66caff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-66caff {
  border: 2px solid #66caff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #66caff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 202 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-66caff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #66caff, #667eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-66caff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 202 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.37 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.66 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.68 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.95 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.92 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.84 #993500 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#66caff  rgb(102, 202, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 70%)  Light Sky Blue
#ff9b66  rgb(255, 155, 102)  hsl(21, 100%, 70%)  Light Salmon
#ff66ca  rgb(255, 102, 202)  hsl(321, 100%, 70%)  Rose Pink
#caff66  rgb(202, 255, 102)  hsl(81, 100%, 70%)  Inchworm