Information about #6D798B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly toned steel-blue azure, #6D798B carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Lynch (#697D89). Slightly further away sit Slate Gray (#708090) and Steel Grey (#6F828A).
In RGB terms — rgb(109, 121, 139) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6D798B is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#6D798B color variations
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#6D798B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#6D798B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#6D798B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#6D798B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#6D798B 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 #6D798B color
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Nearest named colors to #6D798B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#697D89
#708090
#6F828A
#667C91
#718187
#677583
#777887
#727282
#6E7F80
#6B8393
#747880
#60768B
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#6D798B
- RGB109, 121, 139
- CMYK12, 7, 0, 45
- CSSrgb(109, 121, 139)
- HSL216°, 12%, 49%
- HSL Precise216°, 12.097%, 48.627%
- HSV216°, 22%, 55%
- HSB216°, 22%, 55%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.427
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.545
- GLSLvec3(0.427, 0.475, 0.545)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.427, 0.475, 0.545, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.427, 0.475, 0.545)
- Percentage of Red in RGB42.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB54.5%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID6D798B
- DECIMAL ID7174539
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
