Information about #969CDD color
Basic facts about this digital color
A pleasantly vivid classic blue, #969CDD floats near the light end of the scale. 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 near neighbor of Ashley's Lavender Calm (#9FA2D7). Nearby in the Register you will also find Magic Carpet (#8B98D8) and Ceil (#92A1CF).
The recipe behind #969CDD is rgb(150, 156, 221), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #969CDD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #969CDD is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#969CDD color variations
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#969CDD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#969CDD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#969CDD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#969CDD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#969CDD 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 #969CDD color
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Nearest named colors to #969CDD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9FA2D7
#8B98D8
#92A1CF
#97A0CE
#8B96E7
#8BA2E7
#A2A2D0
#968BE7
#9F90D0
#A29ECD
#8F8CE7
#A899E6
#969CDD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#969CDD
- RGB150, 156, 221
- CMYK28, 25, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(150, 156, 221)
- HSL235°, 51%, 73%
- HSL Precise234.93°, 51.079%, 72.745%
- HSV235°, 32%, 87%
- HSB235°, 32%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.588
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.867
- GLSLvec3(0.588, 0.612, 0.867)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.588, 0.612, 0.867, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.588, 0.612, 0.867)
- Percentage of Red in RGB58.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB86.7%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID969CDD
- DECIMAL ID9870557
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
