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#6AC7D7

#6ac7d7 ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ac7d7 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 78.04% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.7% cyan, 7.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 188.81°, with 57.67% saturation and 62.94% 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 10.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.83.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4882

Complementary

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #d77a6a

Split complementary

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #d76a90
  3. #d7b16a

Analogous

  1. #6ad7b1
  2. #6ac7d7
  3. #6a90d7

Triadic

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #d76ac7
  3. #c7d76a

Tetradic

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #7a6ad7
  3. #d77a6a
  4. #c7d76a

Square

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #b16ad7
  3. #d77a6a
  4. #90d76a

Monochromatic

  1. #247684
  2. #34acc1
  3. #6ac7d7
  4. #a6dee7
  5. #e3f4f7

Shades

#6ac7d7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #5fb3c2
  3. #559fac
  4. #4a8b97
  5. #407781
  6. #35646c
  7. #2a5056
  8. #203c41
  9. #15282b
  10. #0b1416
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ac7d7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #79cddb
  3. #88d2df
  4. #97d8e3
  5. #a6dde7
  6. #b5e3eb
  7. #c3e9ef
  8. #d2eef3
  9. #e1f4f7
  10. #f0f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ac7d7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ac7d7
  2. #6cc0ce
  3. #6eb9c6
  4. #71b2bd
  5. #73abb4
  6. #75a4ac
  7. #779ca3
  8. #79959a
  9. #7c8e91
  10. #7e8789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0bfc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c1d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8b4d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #22cfcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fc3d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93bcd7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #49ccd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ac7d7 {
  color: #6ac7d7;
}
Background
.bg-6ac7d7 {
  background-color: #6ac7d7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ac7d7 {
  border: 2px solid #6ac7d7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ac7d7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 199 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 58% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ac7d7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ac7d7, #6a90d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ac7d7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 199 215 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.83 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.14 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.23 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.37 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.98 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.37 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.78 #953828 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#6ac7d7  rgb(106, 199, 215)  hsl(189, 58%, 63%)  Sky Blue
#d77a6a  rgb(215, 122, 106)  hsl(9, 58%, 63%)  Terra Cotta
#d76ac7  rgb(215, 106, 199)  hsl(309, 58%, 63%)  Orchid
#c7d76a  rgb(199, 215, 106)  hsl(69, 58%, 63%)  June Bud