Information about #6C6C6C color

#6C6C6C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #6C6C6C is classified in the Register under the Greyscale Color Family, with Desaturated and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(108, 108, 108) (42.4% red, 42.4% green, 42.4% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 58 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#6C6C6C is a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone that feels open and friendly. It is a natural fit for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Scarpa Flow (#6B6A6C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Cliff Face Grey (#6C6E6D) and Traffic (#6C6D68).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (108 each), placing #6C6C6C exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. If you plan to put text on a #6C6C6C background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 5.3:1 (passing WCAG AA), while black manages only 4.0:1. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#6C6C6C color variations

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

#6C6C6C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#888888

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Quick Silver

#A6A6A6
#C3C3C3

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#E1E1E1

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White

#FFFFFF

#6C6C6C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Reserved

#6C6C6C
#555555

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#404040

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#2A2A2A

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#151515

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Black

#000000

#6C6C6C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#6C6C6C
#6F6F6F

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#737373

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#777777

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#7B7B7B

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#6C6C6C belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #6C6C6C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Scarpa Flow color link
Scarpa Flow

#6B6A6C

Cliff Face Grey color link
Cliff Face Grey

#6C6E6D

Traffic color link
Traffic

#6C6D68

Tarmac color link
Tarmac

#6F6F6E

Cloudy Gray color link
Cloudy Gray

#6D6968

Dim Gray color link
Dim Gray

#696969

Half Sidewinder color link
Half Sidewinder

#6F676C

Lattitude color link
Lattitude

#6D726C

Double Stack color link
Double Stack

#6F716E

Mid Grey color link
Mid Grey

#666A6D

Smokey Gray color link
Smokey Gray

#726E6D

Gauntlet color link
Gauntlet

#716F69

#6C6C6C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6C6C6C
  • RGB108, 108, 108
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 58
  • CSSrgb(108, 108, 108)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 42%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 42.353%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 42%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • GLSLvec3(0.424, 0.424, 0.424)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.424, 0.424, 0.424, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.424, 0.424, 0.424)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42.4%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6C6C6C
  • DECIMAL ID7105644
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers347 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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