Sky blue
#69ADCF
#69ADCF is a sky blue with medium intensity, at step 400 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 7.6:1. On white it reaches only 2.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#69ADCF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #69ADCF kept exactly at step 400. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 EEF9FF
- 100 D5F0FF
- 200 ABE2FF
- 300 8BC9E8
- 400 69ADCF
- 500 4D91B2
- 600 317695
- 700 185D7A
- 800 004660
- 900 003043
- 950 001B28
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-sky-blue-50: #eef9ff; --color-sky-blue-100: #d5f0ff; --color-sky-blue-200: #abe2ff; --color-sky-blue-300: #8bc9e8; --color-sky-blue-400: #69adcf; --color-sky-blue-500: #4d91b2; --color-sky-blue-600: #317695; --color-sky-blue-700: #185d7a; --color-sky-blue-800: #004660; --color-sky-blue-900: #003043; --color-sky-blue-950: #001b28;}Is #69ADCF readable?
Contrast for text on #69ADCF and for #69ADCF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.5APCA Lc 54 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 7.6APCA Lc 55 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #3A7E9F · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.5APCA Lc 49 · Large text and headings
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 7.6APCA Lc 53 · Large text and headings
Color palettes with #69ADCF
Six palettes built around #69ADCF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#69ADCF · #7B9DD9 · #00D2DC · #E5DFFF · #122329
- Complementary#69ADCF · #C2651A · #FF9A68 · #B7E2FF · #22323C
- Split complementary#69ADCF · #C45A64 · #EBA000 · #BCE8FF · #252C31
- Triadic#69ADCF · #BB6889 · #96CD55 · #BEE8FF · #1D3037
- Tetradic#69ADCF · #B975BC · #FF9146 · #BFF2BE · #2A3339
- Monochromatic#69ADCF · #2AAAF0 · #00A6E8 · #ACE2FF · #262C30
#69ADCF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #69ADCF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #EEF9FF
- Brand 100, #D5F0FF
- Brand 200, #ABE2FF
- Brand 300, #8BC9E8
- Brand 400, #69ADCF
- Brand 500, #4D91B2
- Brand 600, #317695
- Brand 700, #185D7A
- Brand 800, #004660
- Brand 900, #003043
- Brand 950, #001B28
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F2F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E8
- Neutral 300, #D0D5D8
- Neutral 400, #9AA2A7
- Neutral 500, #6C757A
- Neutral 600, #4D565A
- Neutral 700, #3A4246
- Neutral 800, #22292D
- Neutral 900, #12191C
- Neutral 950, #060B0E
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #33A673
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #E5B863
- Warning 400, #D9A846
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D35054
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #EFF8FF
- Info 100, #D8EFFF
- Info 200, #B2E0FF
- Info 300, #78C9FD
- Info 400, #54ADE3
- Info 500, #2C8EC4
- Info 600, #0075AA
- Info 700, #005C86
- Info 800, #004566
- Info 900, #002F47
- Info 950, #001B2B
- Primary buttons use Brand 400 with neutral 950 text, at 8.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 400: it already reads on the dark background at 8.0:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #69ADCF
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