Information about #8E9EB2 color

#8E9EB2 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #8E9EB2 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(142, 158, 178) — 55.7% red, 62% green, 69.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 14 / 8 / 0 / 30. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #8E9EB2 floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bluey Grey (#89A0B0). Nearby in the Register you will also find Cadet Grey (#91A3B0) and El Nino (#92A0AC).

The recipe behind #8E9EB2 is rgb(142, 158, 178), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #8E9EB2 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.7:1. #8E9EB2 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#8E9EB2 color variations

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

#8E9EB2 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 #8E9EB2

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

Bluey Grey color link
Bluey Grey

#89A0B0

Cadet Grey color link
Cadet Grey

#91A3B0

El Nino color link
El Nino

#92A0AC

Smokescreen color link
Smokescreen

#93A2B7

Tiebreaker color link
Tiebreaker

#8E97AB

Rock Blue color link
Rock Blue

#93A2BA

Bluegrey color link
Bluegrey

#85A3B2

Pewter Blue color link
Pewter Blue

#8BA8B7

Ashley Blue color link
Ashley Blue

#8699AB

Manatee color link
Manatee

#979AAA

Cool Grey color link
Cool Grey

#8C92AC

Bali Hai color link
Bali Hai

#849CA9

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#8E9EB2
  • RGB142, 158, 178
  • CMYK14, 8, 0, 30
  • CSSrgb(142, 158, 178)
  • HSL213°, 19%, 63%
  • HSL Precise213.333°, 18.947%, 62.745%
  • HSV213°, 20%, 70%
  • HSB213°, 20%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.698
  • GLSLvec3(0.557, 0.620, 0.698)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.557, 0.620, 0.698, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.557, 0.620, 0.698)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB69.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID8E9EB2
  • DECIMAL ID9346738
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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