Brisk Blue Color

#6d829d

Brisk Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #927d62
Complementary Color #9d886d
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.75° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 52.16% (better contrasting with white)
Brisk Blue Color Sample
Brisk Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6d829d

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Brisk Blue Color. The Roman Bath color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Trance (#8f97a5) for more calm effect. Try Frozen Lake as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9d886d is the best complementary color to Brisk Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6d829d complementary color is Donkey Brown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Lynch are #6d9a9d and #706d9d. Thus found on the left and right of #6d829d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gothic and Kimberly colors as they work well with Brisk Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brisk Blue palette consists of #9a9d6d and #9d706d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9d886d). Try Gurkha and Copper Rose colors in combination with #6d829d, 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 #6d829d offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Brisk Blue. Thus Highland and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brisk Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Donkey Brown, Strikemaster, and Amulet split by 90° on the color wheel. #6d829d square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Brisk Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#9d886d) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Donkey Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9d6d82 and #6d9d88.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6d829d is made of 28% red, 33% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Brisk Blue has a hue angle of 213.75°, a saturation of 19.67% and a lightness of 52.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6d829d is made of 18.82% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.43% black ink.

HEX #6d829d
RGB Decimal rgb(109,130,157)
RGB Percentage 28%, 33%, 40%
CMYK 18.82, 10.59, 0, 38.43
HSL hsl(213.75,19.67%,52.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.75,30.57%,61.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.6545,-0.9921,-16.9143)
XYZ xyz(20.3751,21.6508,35.0034)
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