Information about #C9DAE3 color

#C9DAE3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #C9DAE3 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(201, 218, 227) — 78.8% red, 85.5% green, 89% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 10 / 4 / 0 / 11. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A softly balanced steel-blue azure, #C9DAE3 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 Cut Glass (#C9DBDC). Nearby in the Register you will also find Breeze (#CCDBD9) and Sweetwaters (#C3D1DF).

The recipe behind #C9DAE3 is rgb(201, 218, 227), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #C9DAE3 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 14.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.4:1. #C9DAE3 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#C9DAE3 color variations

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

#C9DAE3 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 #C9DAE3

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

Cut Glass color link
Cut Glass

#C9DBDC

Breeze color link
Breeze

#CCDBD9

Sweetwaters color link
Sweetwaters

#C3D1DF

Monroe Blue color link
Monroe Blue

#D3DFE8

Jagged Ice color link
Jagged Ice

#CAE7E2

Hawkes Blue color link
Hawkes Blue

#D2DAED

Altitude color link
Altitude

#BCD4E2

Reservoir color link
Reservoir

#BFE2DC

Beau Blue color link
Beau Blue

#BCD4E6

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C9DAE3
  • RGB201, 218, 227
  • CMYK10, 4, 0, 11
  • CSSrgb(201, 218, 227)
  • HSL201°, 32%, 84%
  • HSL Precise200.769°, 31.707%, 83.922%
  • HSV201°, 11%, 89%
  • HSB201°, 11%, 89%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.855
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.890
  • GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.855, 0.890)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.855, 0.890, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.855, 0.890)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB89%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDC9DAE3
  • DECIMAL ID13228771
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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