Information about #6F7E9D color

#6F7E9D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#6F7E9D falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(111, 126, 157) — 43.5% red, 49.4% green, 61.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 12 / 0 / 38. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #6F7E9D reads as a softly toned steel-blue azure and 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 a near neighbor of Steel (#738595). Slightly further away sit Stained Red (#78779B) and Tsunami (#6B8393).

In RGB terms — rgb(111, 126, 157) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6F7E9D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#6F7E9D color variations

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

#6F7E9D 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 #6F7E9D

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

Steel color link
Steel

#738595

Stained Red color link
Stained Red

#78779B

Tsunami color link
Tsunami

#6B8393

Hoki color link
Hoki

#65869F

Slate Gray color link
Slate Gray

#708090

Rhythm color link
Rhythm

#777696

Bermuda Grey color link
Bermuda Grey

#6F8C9F

LuLu color link
LuLu

#637F95

Escapade color link
Escapade

#667C91

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6F7E9D
  • RGB111, 126, 157
  • CMYK18, 12, 0, 38
  • CSSrgb(111, 126, 157)
  • HSL220°, 19%, 53%
  • HSL Precise220.435°, 19.008%, 52.549%
  • HSV220°, 29%, 62%
  • HSB220°, 29%, 62%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.435
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.494
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.616
  • GLSLvec3(0.435, 0.494, 0.616)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.435, 0.494, 0.616, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.435, 0.494, 0.616)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB43.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB49.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB61.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6F7E9D
  • DECIMAL ID7306909
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01