Information about #6C989D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#6C989D 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 Desaturated Cyan (#669999). Slightly further away sit Paradise (#6A9C95) and Bounce (#679394).
In RGB terms — rgb(108, 152, 157) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 6.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6C989D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#6C989D color variations
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#6C989D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#6C989D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#6C989D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#6C989D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#6C989D 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #6C989D color
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Nearest named colors to #6C989D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#669999
#6A9C95
#679394
#659295
#6F8C9F
#739CA9
#5F9EA0
#719F91
#6B8BA4
#7A9598
#7296AB
#748B97
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#6C989D
- RGB108, 152, 157
- CMYK19, 2, 0, 38
- CSSrgb(108, 152, 157)
- HSL186°, 20%, 52%
- HSL Precise186.122°, 20%, 51.961%
- HSV186°, 31%, 62%
- HSB186°, 31%, 62%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.424
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.596
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
- GLSLvec3(0.424, 0.596, 0.616)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.424, 0.596, 0.616, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.424, 0.596, 0.616)
- Percentage of Red in RGB42.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB59.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID6C989D
- DECIMAL ID7116957
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
