#66B4EA#66B4EA

#66B4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.110 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#66B4EA
RGBrgb(102, 180, 234)
HSLhsl(205, 76%, 66%)
HSVhsv(205, 56%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(56.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.46, -8.75, -34.28)
CIE-LCHlch(70.46, 35.38, 255.68°)
OKLaboklab(74.13% -0.0539 -0.0959)
OKLCHoklch(74.13% 0.11 240.7)
XYZxyz(36.6465, 41.4045, 83.8866)
Luminance0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#66B4EA #EA9C66
analogous
#66EADE #66B4EA #6672EA
triadic
#66B4EA #EA66B4 #B4EA66
tetradic
#66B4EA #DE66EA #EA9C66 #72EA66
square
#66B4EA #DE66EA #EA9C66 #72EA66
split-complementary
#66B4EA #EA6672 #EADE66
monochromatic
#1A7ABC #309AE3 #66B4EA #9CCEF1 #D2E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#66B4EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28
#66B4EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #66B4EA
9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##66B4EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##66B4EA1.002.269.289.28
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2821.001.001.00
##0000009.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB4ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA6E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #66b4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(102, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.110 240.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcaf1',
    500: '#66b4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #66b4ea;
$custom-light: #9bcaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#66b4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 102,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 75.862,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#66B4EA
secondary
#ECD2C0
accent
#600DD8
background
#FAFCFE
surface
#F3F8FD
border
#CDD1D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7F8284

Preview Lab

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#66B4EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva