Information about #9EB0BD color

#9EB0BD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #9EB0BD is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(158, 176, 189) — 62% red, 69% green, 74.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 5 / 0 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly toned steel-blue azure, #9EB0BD appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Eskimo (#A2B4BA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Williamsburg Blue (#9DA8BD) and Frozen (#9DB6C6).

The recipe behind #9EB0BD is rgb(158, 176, 189), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #9EB0BD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. No one has named #9EB0BD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#9EB0BD color variations

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

#9EB0BD 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 #9EB0BD

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

Eskimo color link
Eskimo

#A2B4BA

Frozen color link
Frozen

#9DB6C6

Shinto color link
Shinto

#A6B5C6

Nepal color link
Nepal

#93AAB9

Casper color link
Casper

#AAB5B8

Forecast color link
Forecast

#A2AAB1

Coastal Blue color link
Coastal Blue

#AAB7BB

Gull Grey color link
Gull Grey

#A4ADB0

Mischka color link
Mischka

#A5A9B2

Conch color link
Conch

#A0B1AE

Botticelli color link
Botticelli

#92ACB4

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9EB0BD
  • RGB158, 176, 189
  • CMYK12, 5, 0, 26
  • CSSrgb(158, 176, 189)
  • HSL205°, 19%, 68%
  • HSL Precise205.161°, 19.018%, 68.039%
  • HSV205°, 16%, 74%
  • HSB205°, 16%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • GLSLvec3(0.620, 0.690, 0.741)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.620, 0.690, 0.741, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.620, 0.690, 0.741)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9EB0BD
  • DECIMAL ID10399933
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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