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#6AE4E4

#6ae4e4 ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ae4e4 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 89.41% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 69.32% saturation and 65.49% 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 13.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.14.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.6415

Complementary

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #e46a6a

Split complementary

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #e46aa7
  3. #e4a76a

Analogous

  1. #6ae4a7
  2. #6ae4e4
  3. #6aa7e4

Triadic

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #e46ae4
  3. #e4e46a

Tetradic

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #6a6ae4
  3. #e46a6a
  4. #e4e46a

Square

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #a76ae4
  3. #e46a6a
  4. #a7e46a

Monochromatic

  1. #1c9999
  2. #29d8d8
  3. #6ae4e4
  4. #abf0f0
  5. #ecfbfb

Shades

#6ae4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #5fcdcd
  3. #55b6b6
  4. #4aa0a0
  5. #408989
  6. #357272
  7. #2a5b5b
  8. #204444
  9. #152e2e
  10. #0b1717
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ae4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #79e7e7
  3. #88e9e9
  4. #97ecec
  5. #a6efef
  6. #b5f2f2
  7. #c3f4f4
  8. #d2f7f7
  9. #e1fafa
  10. #f0fcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ae4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ae4e4
  2. #6cdada
  3. #6ed0d0
  4. #71c6c6
  5. #73bcbc
  6. #75b2b2
  7. #77a8a8
  8. #799e9e
  9. #7c9494
  10. #7e8a8a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d2d2d2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2d9d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d7dae4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3cbe5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00eae4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6dee4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7d6e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3de8e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ae4e4 {
  color: #6ae4e4;
}
Background
.bg-6ae4e4 {
  background-color: #6ae4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ae4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #6ae4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ae4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 228 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 69% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ae4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ae4e4, #6aa7e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ae4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 228 228 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.14 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.38 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.48 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.37 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.60 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.77 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.77 #951b1b Inverted #d2d2d2 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#6ae4e4  rgb(106, 228, 228)  hsl(180, 69%, 65%)  Electric Blue
#e46a6a  rgb(228, 106, 106)  hsl(0, 69%, 65%)  Pastel Red
#e46ae4  rgb(228, 106, 228)  hsl(300, 69%, 65%)  Orchid
#e4e46a  rgb(228, 228, 106)  hsl(60, 69%, 65%)  Straw