Fresh Soft Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #954644 |
| Complementary Color | #bb6b69 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (181.48° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 57.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fresh Soft Blue Color. The Stillwater color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mallard Lake (#91b9c2) for more calm effect. Try Echo One as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bb6b69 is the best complementary color to Fresh Soft Blue. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6ab9bb complementary color is Contessa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tradewind are #69bb94 and #6990bb. Thus found on the left and right of #6ab9bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Tree and Ship Cove colors as they work well with Fresh Soft Blue.
The split-complementary Fresh Soft Blue palette consists of #bb9469 and #bb6990 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bb6b69). Try Muddy Waters and Tapestry colors in combination with #6ab9bb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #6ab9bb offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fresh Soft Blue. Thus Gimblet and Fuchsia Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Fresh Soft Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Contessa, Wisteria, and Olivine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6ab9bb square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Fresh Soft Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#bb6b69) and two others. The Fuchsia Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fern – 120° from the complementary Contessa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bb69b9 and #69bb6b.
In a RGB color space, hex #6ab9bb is made of 22% red, 39% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Fresh Soft Blue has a hue angle of 181.48°, a saturation of 37.33% and a lightness of 57.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6ab9bb is made of 31.76% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #6ab9bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(106,185,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 22%, 39%, 39% |
| CMYK | 31.76, 0.78, 0, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(181.48,37.33%,57.45%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(181.48,43.32%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.4204,-23.7179,-8.6168) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.2625,41.35,53.2946) |