Information about #6A9399 color

#6A9399 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#6A9399 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(106, 147, 153) — 41.6% red, 57.6% green, 60% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 2 / 0 / 40. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#6A9399 is a softly toned water-like cyan that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Bounce (#679394). Slightly further away sit Wishlist (#659295) and Desaturated Cyan (#669999).

In RGB terms — rgb(106, 147, 153) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6A9399 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#6A9399 color variations

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

#6A9399 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 #6A9399

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

Bounce color link
Bounce

#679394

Wishlist color link
Wishlist

#659295

Paradise color link
Paradise

#6A9C95

Bermuda Grey color link
Bermuda Grey

#6F8C9F

Bluish Grey color link
Bluish Grey

#748B97

Horizon color link
Horizon

#648894

Grey Blue color link
Grey Blue

#6B8BA4

Gothic color link
Gothic

#698890

Juniper color link
Juniper

#74918E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6A9399
  • RGB106, 147, 153
  • CMYK18, 2, 0, 40
  • CSSrgb(106, 147, 153)
  • HSL188°, 19%, 51%
  • HSL Precise187.66°, 18.725%, 50.784%
  • HSV188°, 31%, 60%
  • HSB188°, 31%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.416
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.576
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • GLSLvec3(0.416, 0.576, 0.600)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.416, 0.576, 0.600, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.416, 0.576, 0.600)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB41.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB57.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6A9399
  • DECIMAL ID6984601
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01