Information about #6C998F color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#6C998F falls into the Cyan Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(108, 153, 143) — 42.4% red, 60% green, 56.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 0 / 4 / 40. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #6C998F reads as a softly toned aqua 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 Paradise (#6A9C95). Slightly further away sit Greyish Teal (#719F91) and Bounce (#679394).

The recipe behind #6C998F is rgb(108, 153, 143), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #6C998F: 6.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.2:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#6C998F color variations

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

#6C998F color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#6C998F color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#6C998F color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#6C998F 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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#6C998F 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 #6C998F

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

Paradise color link
Paradise

#6A9C95

Greyish Teal color link
Greyish Teal

#719F91

Bounce color link
Bounce

#679394

Pale Green Onion color link
Pale Green Onion

#749F8D

Juniper color link
Juniper

#74918E

Wishlist color link
Wishlist

#659295

Desaturated Cyan color link
Desaturated Cyan

#669999

Gumbo color link
Gumbo

#718F8A

Dull Teal color link
Dull Teal

#5F9E8F

Grey Teal color link
Grey Teal

#5E9B8A

Granny Smith color link
Granny Smith

#7B948C

Ash Blue color link
Ash Blue

#7A9598

#6C998F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6C998F
  • RGB108, 153, 143
  • CMYK18, 0, 4, 40
  • CSSrgb(108, 153, 143)
  • HSL167°, 18%, 51%
  • HSL Precise166.667°, 18.072%, 51.176%
  • HSV167°, 29%, 60%
  • HSB167°, 29%, 60%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.561
  • GLSLvec3(0.424, 0.600, 0.561)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.424, 0.600, 0.561, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.424, 0.600, 0.561)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB56.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6C998F
  • DECIMAL ID7117199
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers318 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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