#66a0ec

Color #66a0ec

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 8.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#66a0ec

RGB

rgb(102, 160, 236)

HSL

hsl(214, 77.9%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 56.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.8%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(64.98, 3.03, -43.93)

LCH

lch(64.98, 44.03, 273.95)

OKLCH

oklch(69.9%, 0.128, 255.7)

HWB

hwb(214, 40%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb266

Analogous

#66e3ec

#66a0ec

#6f66ec

Triadic

#66a0ec

#ec66a0

#a0ec66

Split-complementary

#66a0ec

#ec6f66

#e3ec66

Tetradic

#66a0ec

#b266ec

#ecb266

#a0ec66

Square

#66a0ec

#ec66e3

#ecb266

#66ec6f

Shades

Color #66a0ec mixed toward black.

#3481e6

#1965c9

#134c96

#0c3364

#061932

Tints

Color #66a0ec mixed toward white.

#80b0ef

#99c0f2

#b3d0f6

#ccdff9

#e6effc

Tones

Color #66a0ec mixed toward gray.

#71a2e1

#7ca3d6

#88a5cb

#93a6bf

#9ea8b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384dd · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#807bd9 · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#6ad0cd · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #66a0ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#66a0ec]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#66a0ec (#66a0ec) is rgb(102, 160, 236) in RGB.

No, #66a0ec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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