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#69CEEC — Light Vivid Teal

#69CEEC is a teal color we call Light Vivid Teal, closest to the named color SkyBlue (#87CEEB). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: skyblue (#87CEEB) — not an exact match. CSS skyblue gives you #87CEEB, a different color; use #69CEEC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#69CEEC is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EC8869; it also sits naturally between #69ECC9 and #698CEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#69CEEC · RGB 105, 206, 236

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Color values

HEX#69CEEC
RGB105, 206, 236
HSL194°, 78%, 67%
HSV194°, 56%, 93%
CMYK56%, 13%, 0%, 7%
XYZ43.04, 53.20, 87.36
Yxy53.20, 0.2344, 0.2898
CIE-Lab77.99, -21.20, -23.78
Hunter Lab72.94, -18.72, -24.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 41% · Green 81% · Blue 93%

Cyan 56% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #69CEEC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #69CEEC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #69CEEC

.text { color: #69CEEC; }
.background { background-color: #69CEEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #69CEEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(105, 206, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(194, 78%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #69CEEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(105, 206, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #69CEEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(105, 206, 236, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#69CEEC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#69CEEC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #69CEEC

#4EC5E9#2EBAE5#1BADDA#1898BF#1482A3#106984#0D5368#0A3D4D#06242D#020E12

Tints of #69CEEC

#77D2EE#84D7F0#92DBF2#A0E0F3#ADE4F5#B6E7F6#C4ECF8#D2F0F9#DFF5FB#EDF9FD

Tones of #69CEEC

#72C9E3#7CC4DA#85BFD1#8FBAC7#98B5BD#A2B0B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EC8869:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.80:1 Fails
Against black text11.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #69CEEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #69CEEC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #69CEEC: ·

How #69CEEC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #9596E5Deuteranopia · #8F87E3Tritanopia · #6EDFDE

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind blue 500 · #3B82F6Material Blue 500 · #2196F3Bootstrap info · #0DCAF0

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #69CEEC rather than the exact color:

Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD
Misty Ruby Garden
#6EC8EA · #6E81E9 · #5E20B5 · #E049E2
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Mellow Horizon
#125F83 · #6CD7EB · #E98C61 · #EEC3AE
Dreamy Ruby Orchard
#12BFD2 · #69C6F2 · #EB2A15 · #F4C3B4
Lucky Meadow
#1B78B4 · #60D0E7 · #E17A37 · #EBCDA6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#68D2E8#6EC8EA#65D0F4#6CD7EB#69C6F2#60D0E7#64C4ED#67C6E3#5CD2E6#5FD7E5#6AD4DD#65DAF7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #69CEEB  ·  #69CEED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #69CEEC?

#69CEEC is Light Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 105, 206, 236). Its closest standard named color is SkyBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #69CEEC?

#69CEEC is RGB 105, 206, 236 — HSL 194°, 78%, 67% — CMYK 56%, 13%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #69CEEC?

Its complement is #EC8869; analogous partners are #69ECC9 and #698CEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #69CEEC for text?

Black text on #69CEEC has a contrast ratio of 11.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.