Delicate Girl Blue Color

#6ab2ca

Delicate Girl Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, yellow green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #954d35
Complementary Color #c9826a
Color Shade: mid cyan (195° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60.39% (better contrasting with white)
Delicate Girl Blue Color Sample
Delicate Girl Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6ab2ca

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Delicate Girl Blue Color. The Winter Chill color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Jellyfish Blue (#95cad0) for more calm effect. Try Mountain Bluebird as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c9826a is the best complementary color to Delicate Girl Blue. Warm red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6ab2ca complementary color is Antique Brass, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fountain Blue are #6ac9b2 and #6a82c9. Thus found on the left and right of #6ab2ca on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Downy and Danube colors as they work well with Delicate Girl Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Delicate Girl Blue palette consists of #c9b26a and #c96a82 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9826a). Try Laser and Contessa colors in combination with #6ab2ca, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #6ab2ca offers a combination of mid yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Delicate Girl Blue. Thus Wild Willow and Hopbush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Delicate Girl Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Antique Brass, Amethyst, and Mantis split by 90° on the color wheel. #6ab2ca square combo is a palette of mid cyan, cool magenta, warm red and yellow green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Delicate Girl Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#c9826a) and two others. The Hopbush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and De York – 120° from the complementary Antique Brass. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c96ab1 and #6ac982.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6ab2ca is made of 22% red, 37% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Delicate Girl Blue has a hue angle of 195°, a saturation of 47.52% and a lightness of 60.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6ab2ca is made of 37.65% cyan, 9.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #6ab2ca
RGB Decimal rgb(106,178,202)
RGB Percentage 22%, 37%, 42%
CMYK 37.65, 9.42, 0, 20.78
HSL hsl(195,47.52%,60.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(195,47.52%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.8737,-16.1077,-19.1896)
XYZ xyz(32.5249,39.1692,61.7233)
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