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#6EBCCE

#6ebcce ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ebcce is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 73.73% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.6% cyan, 8.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 191.25°, with 49.48% saturation and 61.96% 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 9.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.73.

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Relative luminance0.4374

Complementary

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #ce806e

Split complementary

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #ce6e8c
  3. #ceb06e

Analogous

  1. #6eceb0
  2. #6ebcce
  3. #6e8cce

Triadic

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #ce6ebc
  3. #bcce6e

Tetradic

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #806ece
  3. #ce806e
  4. #bcce6e

Square

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #b06ece
  3. #ce806e
  4. #8cce6e

Monochromatic

  1. #296b7a
  2. #3c9db3
  3. #6ebcce
  4. #a7d6e1
  5. #e0f1f5

Shades

#6ebcce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #63a9b9
  3. #5896a5
  4. #4d8490
  5. #42717c
  6. #375e67
  7. #2c4b52
  8. #21383e
  9. #162629
  10. #0b1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ebcce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #7dc3d3
  3. #8bc9d8
  4. #9ad0dd
  5. #a8d7e2
  6. #b7dee7
  7. #c5e4eb
  8. #d4ebf0
  9. #e2f2f5
  10. #f1f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ebcce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ebcce
  2. #70b6c6
  3. #72b0be
  4. #73aab7
  5. #75a4af
  6. #779ea7
  7. #79989f
  8. #7b9297
  9. #7c8c90
  10. #7e8688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ab5bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb7cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0acce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3dc3c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99b9cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8eb2ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #55c0c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ebcce {
  color: #6ebcce;
}
Background
.bg-6ebcce {
  background-color: #6ebcce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ebcce {
  border: 2px solid #6ebcce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ebcce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 188 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 49% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ebcce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ebcce, #6e8cce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ebcce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 188 206 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.73 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.92 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.52 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.34 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.63 #914331 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#6ebcce  rgb(110, 188, 206)  hsl(191, 49%, 62%)  Sky Blue
#ce806e  rgb(206, 128, 110)  hsl(11, 49%, 62%)  Terra Cotta
#ce6ebc  rgb(206, 110, 188)  hsl(311, 49%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#bcce6e  rgb(188, 206, 110)  hsl(71, 49%, 62%)  June Bud