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Information about #6BB8C2 color

#6BB8C2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#6BB8C2 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(107, 184, 194) — 42% red, 72.2% green, 76.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 34 / 4 / 0 / 24. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #6BB8C2 reads as a clearly saturated water-like cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Fresh Soft Blue (#6AB9BB). Slightly further away sit Refresh (#71B8CA) and Delicate Girl Blue (#6AB2CA).

In RGB terms — rgb(107, 184, 194) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #6BB8C2: 9.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#6BB8C2 color variations

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

#6BB8C2 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 #6BB8C2

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

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Meltwater color link
Meltwater

#6EAEC0

Pastel Teal color link
Pastel Teal

#63B7B7

Blue Hosta color link
Blue Hosta

#77BFC7

Glacier color link
Glacier

#78B1BF

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Neptune color link
Neptune

#7CB7BB

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6BB8C2
  • RGB107, 184, 194
  • CMYK34, 4, 0, 24
  • CSSrgb(107, 184, 194)
  • HSL187°, 42%, 59%
  • HSL Precise186.897°, 41.627%, 59.02%
  • HSV187°, 45%, 76%
  • HSB187°, 45%, 76%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.420
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.722
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.761
  • GLSLvec3(0.420, 0.722, 0.761)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.420, 0.722, 0.761, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.420, 0.722, 0.761)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB42%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB76.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6BB8C2
  • DECIMAL ID7059650
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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