Information about #66AAC7 color

#66AAC7 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #66AAC7 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(102, 170, 199) — 40% red, 66.7% green, 78% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 38 / 11 / 0 / 22. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A confidently colored azure, #66AAC7 feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Delicate Girl Blue (#6AB2CA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Something Blue (#68ADD0) and Meltwater (#6EAEC0).

In RGB terms — rgb(102, 170, 199) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #66AAC7 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.6:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#66AAC7 color variations

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

#66AAC7 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 #66AAC7

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

Meltwater color link
Meltwater

#6EAEC0

Blue Koi color link
Blue Koi

#659EC7

Iceberg color link
Iceberg

#71A6D2

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Snap color link
Snap

#5BA0D0

Blue Gray color link
Blue Gray

#6699CC

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#66AAC7
  • RGB102, 170, 199
  • CMYK38, 11, 0, 22
  • CSSrgb(102, 170, 199)
  • HSL198°, 46%, 59%
  • HSL Precise197.938°, 46.411%, 59.02%
  • HSV198°, 49%, 78%
  • HSB198°, 49%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.400
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.780
  • GLSLvec3(0.400, 0.667, 0.780)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.400, 0.667, 0.780, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.400, 0.667, 0.780)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB40%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB66.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB78%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID66AAC7
  • DECIMAL ID6728391
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01