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#6ECADE

#6ecade ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ecade is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 79.22% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.45% cyan, 9.01% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 190.71°, 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 11.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 5.26.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5083

Complementary

  1. #6ecade
  2. #de826e

Split complementary

  1. #6ecade
  2. #de6e92
  3. #deba6e

Analogous

  1. #6edeba
  2. #6ecade
  3. #6e92de

Triadic

  1. #6ecade
  2. #de6eca
  3. #cade6e

Tetradic

  1. #6ecade
  2. #826ede
  3. #de826e
  4. #cade6e

Square

  1. #6ecade
  2. #ba6ede
  3. #de826e
  4. #92de6e

Monochromatic

  1. #217e92
  2. #30b3d0
  3. #6ecade
  4. #ace1ec
  5. #ebf8fa

Shades

#6ecade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ecade
  2. #63b6c8
  3. #58a2b2
  4. #4d8d9b
  5. #427985
  6. #37656f
  7. #2c5159
  8. #213d43
  9. #16282c
  10. #0b1416
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ecade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ecade
  2. #7dcfe1
  3. #8bd5e5
  4. #9adae8
  5. #a8dfeb
  6. #b7e5ef
  7. #c5eaf2
  8. #d4eff5
  9. #e2f4f8
  10. #f1fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ecade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ecade
  2. #70c3d5
  3. #72bbcb
  4. #73b4c2
  5. #75acb8
  6. #77a5af
  7. #799ea6
  8. #7b969c
  9. #7c8f93
  10. #7e8789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3c2cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc4df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9b7de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #27d2d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2c7df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95bfde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4dcfd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ecade {
  color: #6ecade;
}
Background
.bg-6ecade {
  background-color: #6ecade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ecade {
  border: 2px solid #6ecade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ecade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 202 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 63% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ecade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ecade, #6e92de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ecade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 202 222 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.26 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.57 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.34 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.85 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.37 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.48 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.51 #913521 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#6ecade  rgb(110, 202, 222)  hsl(191, 63%, 65%)  Sky Blue
#de826e  rgb(222, 130, 110)  hsl(11, 63%, 65%)  Terra Cotta
#de6eca  rgb(222, 110, 202)  hsl(311, 63%, 65%)  Orchid
#cade6e  rgb(202, 222, 110)  hsl(71, 63%, 65%)  June Bud