What is hex #638690 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 39% red, 53% green and 56% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (99,134,144).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (31%, 7%, 0%, 44%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #638690 features a hue of 193°, 31% saturation, and a brightness value of 56%.

Hex #638690 Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (99,134,144)
CMYK Values (31%, 7%, 0%, 44%)
HSV/HSB Values (193°, 31%, 56%)
Closest Web Safe
#669999 [Desaturated Cyan]
Inverse Color
#9C796F
Closest Pantone®
5415 C
Closest RAL
RAL 5014 [Pigeon blue]
Complementary Color
#906D63

#638690 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#7D7D7D
Lightness (Desaturation)
#797979
Weighted (BT601)
#7D7D7D
Luma (BT709)
#7F7F7F

Hex #638690 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #638690 is #906D63. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #638690 you will find #906D63. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#638690 #906D63

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #638690 is composed with colors #639083 and #636F90. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #638690 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#639083 #638690 #636F90

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #638690 is composed with colors #908363 and #90636F. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#638690 #908363 #90636F

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #638690 is composed with colors #869063 and #906386. They are located to the right and left of your main color #638690 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#638690 #869063 #906386

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #638690 is composed with colors #906386, #906D63 and #63906D A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#638690 #906386 #906D63 #63906D

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #638690 is composed with colors #836390, #906D63 and #6F9063 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#638690 #836390 #906D63 #6F9063

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #638690

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #638690.

#638690 #6C909A #7899A2 #85A2AB #91ABB3 #9DB4BB #A9BEC4 #B5C7CC

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#638690 #6E7F84 #797979

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#638690 #5A7A83 #526F77 #4A646B #41595F #394D53 #314247 #28373B

Hex #638690 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #638690
Java new Color(99,134,144);
Python Color(#638690)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 99,134,144);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.39, green: 0.53, blue: 0.56, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(99, 134, 144)