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#6CCCFF

#6cccff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6cccff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.35% red, 80% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.65% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 200.82°, with 100% saturation and 71.18% 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 11.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.85.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.5359

Complementary

  1. #6cccff
  2. #ff9f6c

Split complementary

  1. #6cccff
  2. #ff6c83
  3. #ffe96c

Analogous

  1. #6cffe9
  2. #6cccff
  3. #6c83ff

Triadic

  1. #6cccff
  2. #ff6ccc
  3. #ccff6c

Tetradic

  1. #6cccff
  2. #9f6cff
  3. #ff9f6c
  4. #ccff6c

Square

  1. #6cccff
  2. #e96cff
  3. #ff9f6c
  4. #83ff6c

Monochromatic

  1. #0089d2
  2. #20b1ff
  3. #6cccff
  4. #b9e7ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#6cccff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6cccff
  2. #61b8e6
  3. #56a3cc
  4. #4c8fb3
  5. #417a99
  6. #366680
  7. #2b5266
  8. #203d4d
  9. #162933
  10. #0b141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#6cccff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6cccff
  2. #7bd1ff
  3. #89d6ff
  4. #98dbff
  5. #a7e0ff
  6. #b6e6ff
  7. #c4ebff
  8. #d3f0ff
  9. #e2f5ff
  10. #f0faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6cccff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6cccff
  2. #6ec4f2
  3. #70bde6
  4. #72b5d9
  5. #74aecc
  6. #76a6c0
  7. #789eb3
  8. #7a97a6
  9. #7c8f99
  10. #7e888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6c6dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3caff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fbbfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dadd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ccbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dc2ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #37d4eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6cccff {
  color: #6cccff;
}
Background
.bg-6cccff {
  background-color: #6cccff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6cccff {
  border: 2px solid #6cccff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6cccff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 108 204 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6cccff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6cccff, #6c83ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6cccff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(108 204 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.85 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.91 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.39 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.32 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.42 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.00 #933300 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#6cccff  rgb(108, 204, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 71%)  Light Sky Blue
#ff9f6c  rgb(255, 159, 108)  hsl(21, 100%, 71%)  Light Salmon
#ff6ccc  rgb(255, 108, 204)  hsl(321, 100%, 71%)  Rose Pink
#ccff6c  rgb(204, 255, 108)  hsl(81, 100%, 71%)  Inchworm