Information about #9AB0CD color

#9AB0CD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #9AB0CD is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(154, 176, 205) — 60.4% red, 69% green, 80.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 20 / 11 / 0 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A moderately toned steel-blue azure, #9AB0CD appears airy and pastel-like. 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 Relax (#99AED0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Lilac Scent Soft Blue (#9EABD0) and Wild Blue Yonder (#A2ADD0).

In RGB terms — rgb(154, 176, 205) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #9AB0CD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. No one has named #9AB0CD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#9AB0CD color variations

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

#9AB0CD 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 #9AB0CD

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

Relax color link
Relax

#99AED0

Frozen color link
Frozen

#9DB6C6

Echo Blue color link
Echo Blue

#A4AFCD

Mooni Blue color link
Mooni Blue

#95B5D6

Comfort Zone color link
Comfort Zone

#A2B9D2

Shinto color link
Shinto

#A6B5C6

Stratosphere color link
Stratosphere

#97A0CE

Blue Bell color link
Blue Bell

#A2A2D0

Escape color link
Escape

#9EC0CA

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9AB0CD
  • RGB154, 176, 205
  • CMYK20, 11, 0, 20
  • CSSrgb(154, 176, 205)
  • HSL214°, 34%, 70%
  • HSL Precise214.118°, 33.775%, 70.392%
  • HSV214°, 25%, 80%
  • HSB214°, 25%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.604
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • GLSLvec3(0.604, 0.690, 0.804)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.604, 0.690, 0.804, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.604, 0.690, 0.804)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.4%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9AB0CD
  • DECIMAL ID10137805
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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