#66AAEE#66AAEE

#66AAEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#66AAEE
RGBrgb(102, 170, 238)
HSLhsl(210, 80%, 67%)
HSVhsv(210, 57%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(57.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.83, -2.00, -40.55)
CIE-LCHlch(67.83, 40.60, 267.17°)
OKLaboklab(72.11% -0.0419 -0.1141)
OKLCHoklch(72.11% 0.122 249.8)
XYZxyz(35.2813, 37.7442, 86.2984)
Luminance0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#66AAEE #EEAA66
analogous
#66EEEE #66AAEE #6666EE
triadic
#66AAEE #EE66AA #AAEE66
tetradic
#66AAEE #EE66EE #EEAA66 #66EE66
square
#66AAEE #EE66EE #EEAA66 #66EE66
split-complementary
#66AAEE #EE6666 #EEEE66
monochromatic
#166DC4 #2F8BE8 #66AAEE #9DC9F4 #D4E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#66AAEE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55
#66AAEE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #66AAEE
8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##66AAEE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##66AAEE1.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8DADF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C9FED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #66aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(102, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 249.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc3f4',
    500: '#66aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #66aaee;
$custom-light: #9bc3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#66aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 102,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72115,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#66AAEE
secondary
#EED8C2
accent
#7309DC
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F3F7FD
border
#CDD0D5
text
#0F1217
muted
#7F8185

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#66AAEE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva