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#6EC9EE

#6ec9ee ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6ec9ee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 78.82% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 53.78% cyan, 15.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 197.34°, with 79.01% saturation and 68.24% 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 11.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 3.02.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.5126

Complementary

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #ee936e

Split complementary

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #ee6e89
  3. #eed36e

Analogous

  1. #6eeed3
  2. #6ec9ee
  3. #6e89ee

Triadic

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #ee6ec9
  3. #c9ee6e

Tetradic

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #936eee
  3. #ee936e
  4. #c9ee6e

Square

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #d36eee
  3. #ee936e
  4. #89ee6e

Monochromatic

  1. #1482af
  2. #2ab0e6
  3. #6ec9ee
  4. #b2e3f6
  5. #edf8fd

Shades

#6ec9ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #63b5d6
  3. #58a1be
  4. #4d8da7
  5. #42798f
  6. #376577
  7. #2c505f
  8. #213c47
  9. #162830
  10. #0b1418
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ec9ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #7dcef0
  3. #8bd4f1
  4. #9ad9f3
  5. #a8dff5
  6. #b7e4f7
  7. #c5e9f8
  8. #d4effa
  9. #e2f4fc
  10. #f1fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ec9ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ec9ee
  2. #70c2e3
  3. #72bad8
  4. #73b3cd
  5. #75acc2
  6. #77a5b7
  7. #799dac
  8. #7b96a1
  9. #7c8f96
  10. #7e878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4c2d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c6f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3b8ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d4d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec7ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91bfee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46d0df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ec9ee {
  color: #6ec9ee;
}
Background
.bg-6ec9ee {
  background-color: #6ec9ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ec9ee {
  border: 2px solid #6ec9ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ec9ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 201 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 79% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ec9ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ec9ee, #6e89ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ec9ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 201 238 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 3.02 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.09 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.60 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.51 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.17 #913611 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#6ec9ee  rgb(110, 201, 238)  hsl(197, 79%, 68%)  Sky Blue
#ee936e  rgb(238, 147, 110)  hsl(17, 79%, 68%)  Dark Salmon
#ee6ec9  rgb(238, 110, 201)  hsl(317, 79%, 68%)  Rose Pink
#c9ee6e  rgb(201, 238, 110)  hsl(77, 79%, 68%)  Inchworm