Information about #66857E color

#66857E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#66857E falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(102, 133, 126) — 40% red, 52.2% green, 49.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 0 / 3 / 48. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#66857E is a calm, restrained cyan that feels open and friendly. It is a natural fit for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from My Sweet Home (#657F7C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rusted Light Blue (#6A7F7A) and Undercover (#648985).

In RGB terms — rgb(102, 133, 126) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #66857E: 5.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.0:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #66857E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#66857E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#66857E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #66857E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Undercover color link
Undercover

#648985

Thor color link
Thor

#697F79

Lynch color link
Lynch

#697D89

Xanadu color link
Xanadu

#738678

Blue Bayoux color link
Blue Bayoux

#62777E

Bluff color link
Bluff

#718187

Steel Grey color link
Steel Grey

#6F828A

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#66857E
  • RGB102, 133, 126
  • CMYK12, 0, 3, 48
  • CSSrgb(102, 133, 126)
  • HSL166°, 13%, 46%
  • HSL Precise166.452°, 13.191%, 46.078%
  • HSV166°, 23%, 52%
  • HSB166°, 23%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • GLSLvec3(0.400, 0.522, 0.494)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.400, 0.522, 0.494, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.400, 0.522, 0.494)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB49.4%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID66857E
  • DECIMAL ID6718846
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01