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#6AE5FA

#6ae5fa ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6ae5fa is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 89.8% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.6% cyan, 8.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 188.75°, with 93.51% saturation and 69.8% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 6.56.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.66

Complementary

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #fa7f6a

Split complementary

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #fa6a9d
  3. #fac76a

Analogous

  1. #6afac7
  2. #6ae5fa
  3. #6a9dfa

Triadic

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #fa6ae5
  3. #e5fa6a

Tetradic

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #7f6afa
  3. #fa7f6a
  4. #e5fa6a

Square

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #c76afa
  3. #fa7f6a
  4. #9dfa6a

Monochromatic

  1. #07a9c4
  2. #20d8f8
  3. #6ae5fa
  4. #b4f2fc
  5. #ebfcfe

Shades

#6ae5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #5fcee1
  3. #55b7c8
  4. #4aa0af
  5. #408996
  6. #35737d
  7. #2a5c64
  8. #20454b
  9. #152e32
  10. #0b1719
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ae5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #79e8fb
  3. #88eafb
  4. #97edfc
  5. #a6effc
  6. #b5f2fd
  7. #c3f5fd
  8. #d2f7fe
  9. #e1fafe
  10. #f0fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ae5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ae5fa
  2. #6cdbee
  3. #6ed1e2
  4. #71c7d5
  5. #73bdc9
  6. #75b3bd
  7. #77a8b1
  8. #799ea5
  9. #7c9498
  10. #7e8a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4dbe4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3defb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdcdfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00efeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3e1fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2d7fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2eebf1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ae5fa {
  color: #6ae5fa;
}
Background
.bg-6ae5fa {
  background-color: #6ae5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ae5fa {
  border: 2px solid #6ae5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ae5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 229 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 94% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ae5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ae5fa, #6a9dfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ae5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 229 250 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.56 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.48 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.38 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 9.11 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.19 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.21 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 9.88 #951a05 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#6ae5fa  rgb(106, 229, 250)  hsl(189, 94%, 70%)  Electric Blue
#fa7f6a  rgb(250, 127, 106)  hsl(9, 94%, 70%)  Salmon
#fa6ae5  rgb(250, 106, 229)  hsl(309, 94%, 70%)  Fuchsia Pink
#e5fa6a  rgb(229, 250, 106)  hsl(69, 94%, 70%)  Laser Lemon