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#6DCAFE

#6dcafe ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#6dcafe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 79.22% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.09% cyan, 20.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 201.52°, with 98.64% saturation and 71.18% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 2.79.

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Web safe#66ccff
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Relative luminance0.5265

Complementary

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #fea16d

Split complementary

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #fe6d82
  3. #feea6d

Analogous

  1. #6dfeea
  2. #6dcafe
  3. #6d82fe

Triadic

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #fe6dca
  3. #cafe6d

Tetradic

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #a16dfe
  3. #fea16d
  4. #cafe6d

Square

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #ea6dfe
  3. #fea16d
  4. #82fe6d

Monochromatic

  1. #0186d1
  2. #21aefd
  3. #6dcafe
  4. #b9e6ff
  5. #ebf8ff

Shades

#6dcafe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #62b6e5
  3. #57a2cb
  4. #4c8db2
  5. #417998
  6. #37657f
  7. #2c5166
  8. #213d4c
  9. #162833
  10. #0b1419
  11. #000000

Tints

#6dcafe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #7ccffe
  3. #8ad5fe
  4. #99dafe
  5. #a7dffe
  6. #b6e5ff
  7. #c5eaff
  8. #d3efff
  9. #e2f4ff
  10. #f0faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6dcafe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6dcafe
  2. #6fc3f1
  3. #71bbe5
  4. #73b4d8
  5. #75accc
  6. #77a5bf
  7. #789eb2
  8. #7a96a6
  9. #7c8f99
  10. #7e878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5c4dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db9fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d8db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bc9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dc0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3ad2ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6dcafe {
  color: #6dcafe;
}
Background
.bg-6dcafe {
  background-color: #6dcafe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6dcafe {
  border: 2px solid #6dcafe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6dcafe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 202 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 99% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6dcafe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6dcafe, #6d82fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6dcafe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 202 254 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 2.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.21 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.67 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.19 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.44 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.75 #923501 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#6dcafe  rgb(109, 202, 254)  hsl(202, 99%, 71%)  Light Sky Blue
#fea16d  rgb(254, 161, 109)  hsl(22, 99%, 71%)  Light Salmon
#fe6dca  rgb(254, 109, 202)  hsl(322, 99%, 71%)  Rose Pink
#cafe6d  rgb(202, 254, 109)  hsl(82, 99%, 71%)  Inchworm