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#6EC6E5

#6ec6e5 ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ec6e5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 77.65% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.97% cyan, 13.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 195.63°, with 69.59% saturation and 66.47% 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 10.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 3.18.

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Relative luminance0.4936

Complementary

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #e58d6e

Split complementary

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #e56e8a
  3. #e5c86e

Analogous

  1. #6ee5c8
  2. #6ec6e5
  3. #6e8ae5

Triadic

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #e56ec6
  3. #c6e56e

Tetradic

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #8d6ee5
  3. #e58d6e
  4. #c6e56e

Square

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #c86ee5
  3. #e58d6e
  4. #8ae56e

Monochromatic

  1. #1c7c9e
  2. #2dacd9
  3. #6ec6e5
  4. #afdff1
  5. #eef8fc

Shades

#6ec6e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #63b2ce
  3. #589eb7
  4. #4d8ba0
  5. #427789
  6. #376373
  7. #2c4f5c
  8. #213b45
  9. #16282e
  10. #0b1417
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ec6e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #7dcce8
  3. #8bd1ea
  4. #9ad7ed
  5. #a8ddef
  6. #b7e3f2
  7. #c5e8f5
  8. #d4eef7
  9. #e2f4fa
  10. #f1f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ec6e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ec6e5
  2. #70bfdb
  3. #72b8d1
  4. #73b1c7
  5. #75aabd
  6. #77a3b3
  7. #799ca8
  8. #7b959e
  9. #7c8e94
  10. #7e878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1bfcd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c2e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b5e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1dd0d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dc4e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91bce5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4bccd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ec6e5 {
  color: #6ec6e5;
}
Background
.bg-6ec6e5 {
  background-color: #6ec6e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ec6e5 {
  border: 2px solid #6ec6e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ec6e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 198 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 70% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ec6e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ec6e5, #6e8ae5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ec6e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 198 229 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 3.18 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.94 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.91 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.17 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.33 #91391a Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#6ec6e5  rgb(110, 198, 229)  hsl(196, 70%, 66%)  Sky Blue
#e58d6e  rgb(229, 141, 110)  hsl(16, 70%, 66%)  Dark Salmon
#e56ec6  rgb(229, 110, 198)  hsl(316, 70%, 66%)  Rose Pink
#c6e56e  rgb(198, 229, 110)  hsl(76, 70%, 66%)  June Bud