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#6EC6DE

#6ec6de ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ec6de is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 77.65% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.45% cyan, 10.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 192.86°, with 62.92% saturation and 65.1% 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 10.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 4.28.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.4898

Complementary

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #de866e

Split complementary

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #de6e8e
  3. #debe6e

Analogous

  1. #6edebe
  2. #6ec6de
  3. #6e8ede

Triadic

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #de6ec6
  3. #c6de6e

Tetradic

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #866ede
  3. #de866e
  4. #c6de6e

Square

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #be6ede
  3. #de866e
  4. #8ede6e

Monochromatic

  1. #217a92
  2. #30add0
  3. #6ec6de
  4. #acdeec
  5. #ebf7fa

Shades

#6ec6de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #63b2c8
  3. #589eb2
  4. #4d8b9b
  5. #427785
  6. #37636f
  7. #2c4f59
  8. #213b43
  9. #16282c
  10. #0b1416
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ec6de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #7dcce1
  3. #8bd1e5
  4. #9ad7e8
  5. #a8ddeb
  6. #b7e3ef
  7. #c5e8f2
  8. #d4eef5
  9. #e2f4f8
  10. #f1f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ec6de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ec6de
  2. #70bfd5
  3. #72b8cb
  4. #73b1c2
  5. #75aab8
  6. #77a3af
  7. #799ca6
  8. #7b959c
  9. #7c8e93
  10. #7e8789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1bfc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6c1df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b4de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #29cfcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec3df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92bcde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4ecbd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ec6de {
  color: #6ec6de;
}
Background
.bg-6ec6de {
  background-color: #6ec6de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ec6de {
  border: 2px solid #6ec6de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ec6de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 198 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 63% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ec6de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ec6de, #6e8ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ec6de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 198 222 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.28 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.48 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.75 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.08 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.75 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.89 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.77 #913921 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#6ec6de  rgb(110, 198, 222)  hsl(193, 63%, 65%)  Sky Blue
#de866e  rgb(222, 134, 110)  hsl(13, 63%, 65%)  Dark Salmon
#de6ec6  rgb(222, 110, 198)  hsl(313, 63%, 65%)  Orchid
#c6de6e  rgb(198, 222, 110)  hsl(73, 63%, 65%)  June Bud