Information about #6C6DAA color

#6C6DAA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#6C6DAA falls into the Blue Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(108, 109, 170) — 42.4% red, 42.7% green, 66.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 24 / 0 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#6C6DAA is a softly balanced deep-sea blue that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Chetwode Blue (#666FB4). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Deluge (#7563A8) and Scampi (#6F63A0).

The recipe behind #6C6DAA is rgb(108, 109, 170), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #6C6DAA: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6C6DAA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#6C6DAA color variations

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

#6C6DAA 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 #6C6DAA

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

Deluge color link
Deluge

#7563A8

Scampi color link
Scampi

#6F63A0

Deloras color link
Deloras

#606AA1

Stained Red color link
Stained Red

#78779B

Toolbox color link
Toolbox

#746CC0

Grayish Blue color link
Grayish Blue

#7D7DA8

Rhythm color link
Rhythm

#777696

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6C6DAA
  • RGB108, 109, 170
  • CMYK24, 24, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(108, 109, 170)
  • HSL239°, 27%, 55%
  • HSL Precise239.032°, 26.724%, 54.51%
  • HSV239°, 36%, 67%
  • HSB239°, 36%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.427
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
  • GLSLvec3(0.424, 0.427, 0.667)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.424, 0.427, 0.667, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.424, 0.427, 0.667)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID6C6DAA
  • DECIMAL ID7105962
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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