#66b8ad

Color #66b8ad

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 11.25 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#66b8ad

RGB

rgb(102, 184, 173)

HSL

hsl(172, 36.6%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172, 44.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 0%, 6%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(69.56, -27.74, -2.21)

LCH

lch(69.56, 27.83, 184.56)

OKLCH

oklch(72.7%, 0.0823, 184.46)

HWB

hwb(172, 40%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b86671

Analogous

#66b884

#66b8ad

#669ab8

Triadic

#66b8ad

#ad66b8

#b8ad66

Split-complementary

#66b8ad

#b8669a

#b88466

Tetradic

#66b8ad

#6671b8

#b86671

#b8ad66

Square

#66b8ad

#8466b8

#b86671

#9ab866

Shades

Color #66b8ad mixed toward black.

#4ca397

#3c8279

#2d625b

#1e413c

#0f211e

Tints

Color #66b8ad mixed toward white.

#80c4bb

#99d0c8

#b3dcd6

#cce7e4

#e6f3f1

Tones

Color #66b8ad mixed toward gray.

#6db1a8

#74aaa3

#7ba49e

#819d99

#889694

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9192b0 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#8c86b0 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#6cb2b2 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #66b8ad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#66b8ad]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#66b8ad (#66b8ad) is rgb(102, 184, 173) in RGB.

No, #66b8ad 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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