Information about #96B4B9 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#96B4B9 presents itself as a gently muted cyan — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Moby (#8EB2BE). Slightly further away sit Botticelli (#92ACB4) and Nepal (#93AAB9).
In RGB terms — rgb(150, 180, 185) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #96B4B9: 9.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.2:1 for white. No one has named #96B4B9 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#96B4B9 color variations
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#96B4B9 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#96B4B9 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#96B4B9 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#96B4B9 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#96B4B9 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 #96B4B9 color
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Nearest named colors to #96B4B9
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8EB2BE
#92ACB4
#93AAB9
#98B7AF
#A2B4BA
#9AC0B6
#9AB0AC
#9DA8BD
#9DB6C6
#A0B1AE
#89B1C2
#8BA8B7
#96B4B9 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#96B4B9
- RGB150, 180, 185
- CMYK14, 2, 0, 27
- CSSrgb(150, 180, 185)
- HSL189°, 20%, 66%
- HSL Precise188.571°, 20%, 65.686%
- HSV189°, 19%, 73%
- HSB189°, 19%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.588
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.706
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.725
- GLSLvec3(0.588, 0.706, 0.725)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.588, 0.706, 0.725, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.588, 0.706, 0.725)
- Percentage of Red in RGB58.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB70.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB72.5%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID96B4B9
- DECIMAL ID9876665
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
