Information about #6EC1DD color

#6EC1DD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #6EC1DD is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(110, 193, 221) — 43.1% red, 75.7% green, 86.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 44 / 11 / 0 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored steel-blue azure, #6EC1DD appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Pastel Ocean (#6ECDDB). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Malibu (#66B7E1) and Parachute (#65B8D1).

In RGB terms — rgb(110, 193, 221) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #6EC1DD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. No one has named #6EC1DD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#6EC1DD color variations

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

#6EC1DD 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 #6EC1DD

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

Pastel Ocean color link
Pastel Ocean

#6ECDDB

Malibu color link
Malibu

#66B7E1

Parachute color link
Parachute

#65B8D1

Caps Blue color link
Caps Blue

#68B1E2

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

Aero color link
Aero

#7CB9E8

Spray color link
Spray

#7ECDDD

Refresh color link
Refresh

#71B8CA

Bleu Celeste color link
Bleu Celeste

#7EC0EE

Ruddy Blue color link
Ruddy Blue

#76ABDF

Blue Hosta color link
Blue Hosta

#77BFC7

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6EC1DD
  • RGB110, 193, 221
  • CMYK44, 11, 0, 13
  • CSSrgb(110, 193, 221)
  • HSL195°, 62%, 65%
  • HSL Precise195.135°, 62.011%, 64.902%
  • HSV195°, 50%, 87%
  • HSB195°, 50%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.757
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
  • GLSLvec3(0.431, 0.757, 0.867)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.431, 0.757, 0.867, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.431, 0.757, 0.867)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB43.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB75.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID6EC1DD
  • DECIMAL ID7258589
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01