Delusional Dragonfly Color

#66bbcc

Delusional Dragonfly is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #943
Complementary Color #c76
Color Shade: mid cyan (190° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60% (better contrasting with white)
Delusional Dragonfly Color Sample
Delusional Dragonfly Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #66bbcc

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Delusional Dragonfly Color. The Norse Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dupain (#58a0bc) for more calm effect. Try Brig as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c76 is the best complementary color to Delusional Dragonfly. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6bc complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #6ca and #6687cc. Thus found on the left and right of #6bc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Danube colors as they work well with Delusional Dragonfly.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Delusional Dragonfly palette consists of #ca6 and #cc6687 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c76). Try White and Charm colors in combination with #6bc, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #6bc offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Delusional Dragonfly. Thus White and Hopbush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Delusional Dragonfly contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Mantis split by 90° on the color wheel. #6bc square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Delusional Dragonfly tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#c76) and two others. The Hopbush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc66ba and #6c7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #66bbcc is made of 21% red, 38% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Delusional Dragonfly has a hue angle of 190°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #66bbcc is made of 40% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #66bbcc
RGB Decimal rgb(102,187,204)
RGB Percentage 21%, 38%, 41%
CMYK 40, 6.67, 0, 20
HSL hsl(190,50%,60%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(190,50%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(71.368,-21.1326,-16.5269)
XYZ xyz(34.1489,42.7251,63.5737)
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