Information about #6B7B8E color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#6B7B8E falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(107, 123, 142) — 42% red, 48.2% green, 55.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 7 / 0 / 44. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #6B7B8E reads as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Lynch (#697D89). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Escapade (#667C91) and Slate Gray (#708090).

In RGB terms — rgb(107, 123, 142) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #6B7B8E: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6B7B8E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#6B7B8E color variations

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

#6B7B8E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#6B7B8E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#6B7B8E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#6B7B8E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#6B7B8E 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #6B7B8E

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

Lynch color link
Lynch

#697D89

Escapade color link
Escapade

#667C91

Slate Gray color link
Slate Gray

#708090

Steel Grey color link
Steel Grey

#6F828A

Tsunami color link
Tsunami

#6B8393

Bluff color link
Bluff

#718187

Blue Grey color link
Blue Grey

#607C8E

LuLu color link
LuLu

#637F95

Elevate color link
Elevate

#60768B

Weathered Blue color link
Weathered Blue

#677583

Gothic color link
Gothic

#698890

Skeletony color link
Skeletony

#777887

#6B7B8E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6B7B8E
  • RGB107, 123, 142
  • CMYK14, 7, 0, 44
  • CSSrgb(107, 123, 142)
  • HSL213°, 14%, 49%
  • HSL Precise212.571°, 14.056%, 48.824%
  • HSV213°, 25%, 56%
  • HSB213°, 25%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.482
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • GLSLvec3(0.420, 0.482, 0.557)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.420, 0.482, 0.557, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.420, 0.482, 0.557)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB48.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6B7B8E
  • DECIMAL ID7043982
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited6 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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