Sky blue

#6ab2c7

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for sky blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Sky blue is a mid teal, balanced between blue and green. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Sky blue color values

Every conversion for #6ab2c7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6ab2c7

RGB106, 178, 199

HSL194, 45%, 60%

HSV194, 47%, 78%

CMYK47%, 11%, 0%, 22%

Lab68.77, -16.93, -17.69

XYZ32.17, 39.03, 59.87

Decimal6992583

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone631 C

Shades of sky blue

#56a8c0 #449cb6 #3d8ba2 #357a8e #2e697a #265866 #1f4752 #17353e #10242a #081316

Tints of sky blue

#78b9cc #85c0d1 #93c7d6 #a0cedb #aed5e1 #bcdce6 #c9e3eb #d7eaf0 #e4f1f5 #f2f8fa

Colors that go with sky blue

Complementary#c77f6a Analogous#6ac7ae Analogous#6a83c7 Triadic#c76ab2 Triadic#b2c76a Split complementary#c76a83 Split complementary#c7ae6a

Sky blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 47, 11, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6ab2c7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 11 0 22

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 14 4 28

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Sky blue in css

Copy #6ab2c7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6ab2c7; }
.text { color: #6ab2c7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6ab2c7; }

How sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6ab2c7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6ab2c7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6ab2c7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around sky blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6ab2c7 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #6ab2c7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.