Information about #75B6BD color

#75B6BD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#75B6BD falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(117, 182, 189) — 45.9% red, 71.4% green, 74.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 28 / 3 / 0 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned water-like cyan, #75B6BD has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Glacier (#78B1BF). Slightly further away sit Neptune (#7CB7BB) and Meltwater (#6EAEC0).

In RGB terms — rgb(117, 182, 189) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 9.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #75B6BD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#75B6BD color variations

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

#75B6BD 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 #75B6BD

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#75B6BD
  • RGB117, 182, 189
  • CMYK28, 3, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(117, 182, 189)
  • HSL186°, 35%, 60%
  • HSL Precise185.833°, 35.294%, 60%
  • HSV186°, 38%, 74%
  • HSB186°, 38%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.459
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.714
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • GLSLvec3(0.459, 0.714, 0.741)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.459, 0.714, 0.741, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.459, 0.714, 0.741)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB45.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID75B6BD
  • DECIMAL ID7714493
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01