Information about #6C8E9D color

#6C8E9D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #6C8E9D is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(108, 142, 157) — 42.4% red, 55.7% green, 61.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 19 / 6 / 0 / 38. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #6C8E9D sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. Designers typically reach for tones like this for understated, calm designs that favor harmony over drama. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bermuda Grey (#6F8C9F). Nearby in the Register you will also find Grey Blue (#6B8BA4) and Scotty Silver (#758A9C).

In RGB terms — rgb(108, 142, 157) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #6C8E9D background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.0:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.5:1. #6C8E9D has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#6C8E9D color variations

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

#6C8E9D color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #6C8E9D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bermuda Grey color link
Bermuda Grey

#6F8C9F

Grey Blue color link
Grey Blue

#6B8BA4

Bluish Grey color link
Bluish Grey

#748B97

Hoki color link
Hoki

#65869F

Wishlist color link
Wishlist

#659295

Bounce color link
Bounce

#679394

Horizon color link
Horizon

#648894

Steel color link
Steel

#738595

#6C8E9D color backgrounds & wallpapers

Download color wallpaper / background for your Desktop PC, Tablet or Mobile phone.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6C8E9D
  • RGB108, 142, 157
  • CMYK19, 6, 0, 38
  • HSL198°, 20%, 52%
  • HSL Precise198.367°, 20%, 51.961%
  • HSV198°, 31%, 62%
  • HSB198°, 31%, 62%
  • HEX ID6C8E9D
  • DECIMAL ID7114397
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • Percentage of Red in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01