#66B3E7#66B3E7
#66B3E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #66B3E7 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(102, 179, 231) |
| HSL | hsl(204, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(204, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(55.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.06, -9.11, -33.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.06, 34.49, 254.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.78% -0.0538 -0.093) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.78% 0.107 240) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.0181, 40.8313, 81.5690) |
| Luminance | 0.4083 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 4.26
Lightblue (survey)
#7BC8F6
ΔE00 5.74
Deepskyblue
#00BFFF
ΔE00 6.13
Sky
#82CAFC
ΔE00 6.22
Lightskyblue
#87CEFA
ΔE00 7.34
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 7.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#66B3E7 #E79A66
analogous
#66E7DA #66B3E7 #6672E7
triadic
#66B3E7 #E766B3 #B3E766
tetradic
#66B3E7 #DA66E7 #E79A66 #72E766
square
#66B3E7 #DA66E7 #E79A66 #72E766
split-complementary
#66B3E7 #E76672 #E7DA66
monochromatic
#1D78B6 #3199DF #66B3E7 #9BCDEF #D0E8F8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#66B3E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.17
#66B3E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #66B3E7
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##66B3E7 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##66B3E7 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.17 | 9.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB3E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA5E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #66b3e7; /* rgb */ color: rgb(102, 179, 231); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 240.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#9bc9ee',
500: '#66b3e7',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #66b3e7; $custom-light: #9bc9ee; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#66b3e7",
"rgb": {
"r": 102,
"g": 179,
"b": 231
},
"hsl": {
"h": 204.186,
"s": 72.881,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73776,
"c": 0.10749,
"h": 240
},
"luminance": 0.40835
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#66B3E7
secondary
#EAD0BF
accent
#6011D5
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F3F8FD
border
#CDD1D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7F8284