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#6BB6EE

#6bb6ee ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6bb6ee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 71.37% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.04% cyan, 23.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 205.65°, with 79.39% saturation and 67.65% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.4275

Complementary

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #eea36b

Split complementary

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #ee6b75
  3. #eee56b

Analogous

  1. #6beee5
  2. #6bb6ee
  3. #6b75ee

Triadic

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #ee6bb6
  3. #b6ee6b

Tetradic

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #a36bee
  3. #eea36b
  4. #b6ee6b

Square

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #e56bee
  3. #eea36b
  4. #75ee6b

Monochromatic

  1. #146bac
  2. #2694e6
  3. #6bb6ee
  4. #b0d8f6
  5. #edf6fd

Shades

#6bb6ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #60a4d6
  3. #5692be
  4. #4b7fa7
  5. #406d8f
  6. #365b77
  7. #2b495f
  8. #203747
  9. #152430
  10. #0b1218
  11. #000000

Tints

#6bb6ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #7abdf0
  3. #89c5f1
  4. #97ccf3
  5. #a6d3f5
  6. #b5dbf7
  7. #c4e2f8
  8. #d3e9fa
  9. #e1f0fc
  10. #f0f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6bb6ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6bb6ee
  2. #6db1e3
  3. #6fabd8
  4. #71a6cd
  5. #73a0c2
  6. #769bb7
  7. #7896ac
  8. #7a90a1
  9. #7c8b96
  10. #7e858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98b2cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb6f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ca9ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb6f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #80aeed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #43bed9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6bb6ee {
  color: #6bb6ee;
}
Background
.bg-6bb6ee {
  background-color: #6bb6ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6bb6ee {
  border: 2px solid #6bb6ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6bb6ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 182 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6bb6ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6bb6ee, #6b75ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6bb6ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 182 238 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.19 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.24 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.58 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.59 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.70 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.37 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.60 #944911 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#6bb6ee  rgb(107, 182, 238)  hsl(206, 79%, 68%)  Maya Blue
#eea36b  rgb(238, 163, 107)  hsl(26, 79%, 68%)  Sandy Brown
#ee6bb6  rgb(238, 107, 182)  hsl(326, 79%, 68%)  Hot Pink
#b6ee6b  rgb(182, 238, 107)  hsl(86, 79%, 68%)  Inchworm