Information about #959BA6 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #959BA6 reads as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Manatee (#979AAA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Santas Grey (#9998A7) and Half Regent Grey (#939DA1).
In RGB terms — rgb(149, 155, 166) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #959BA6: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #959BA6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#959BA6 color variations
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#959BA6 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#959BA6 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#959BA6 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#959BA6 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#959BA6 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #959BA6 color
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Nearest named colors to #959BA6
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#979AAA
#9998A7
#939DA1
#929FA2
#919FA0
#92A0AC
#8E97AB
#9A9C9E
#999C9D
#9EA0A1
#9391A0
#A096A7
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#959BA6
- RGB149, 155, 166
- CMYK7, 4, 0, 35
- CSSrgb(149, 155, 166)
- HSL219°, 9%, 62%
- HSL Precise218.824°, 8.718%, 61.765%
- HSV219°, 10%, 65%
- HSB219°, 10%, 65%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.584
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.651
- GLSLvec3(0.584, 0.608, 0.651)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.584, 0.608, 0.651, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.584, 0.608, 0.651)
- Percentage of Red in RGB58.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB65.1%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID959BA6
- DECIMAL ID9804710
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
