Information about #C6DDE6 color

#C6DDE6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C6DDE6 falls into the Azure Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(198, 221, 230) — 77.6% red, 86.7% green, 90.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 4 / 0 / 10. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #C6DDE6 reads as a softly balanced steel-blue azure and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Cut Glass (#C9DBDC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Soft Light Blue (#C7E4EE) and Heavenly Meadow (#CDE5E8).

In RGB terms — rgb(198, 221, 230) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C6DDE6: 14.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C6DDE6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C6DDE6 color variations

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

#C6DDE6 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 #C6DDE6

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

Cut Glass color link
Cut Glass

#C9DBDC

Jagged Ice color link
Jagged Ice

#CAE7E2

Onahau color link
Onahau

#C2E6EC

Mabel color link
Mabel

#CBE8E8

Half Escape color link
Half Escape

#BADAE5

Reservoir color link
Reservoir

#BFE2DC

Monroe Blue color link
Monroe Blue

#D3DFE8

Beau Blue color link
Beau Blue

#BCD4E6

Pastel Sky color link
Pastel Sky

#BEDDF1

Altitude color link
Altitude

#BCD4E2

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C6DDE6
  • RGB198, 221, 230
  • CMYK13, 4, 0, 10
  • CSSrgb(198, 221, 230)
  • HSL197°, 39%, 84%
  • HSL Precise196.875°, 39.024%, 83.922%
  • HSV197°, 14%, 90%
  • HSB197°, 14%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.776
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.867
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • GLSLvec3(0.776, 0.867, 0.902)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.776, 0.867, 0.902, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.776, 0.867, 0.902)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB77.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB86.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB90.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC6DDE6
  • DECIMAL ID13032934
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01