Information about #9BB2BB color

#9BB2BB color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #9BB2BB is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(155, 178, 187) — 60.8% red, 69.8% green, 73.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 4 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#9BB2BB presents itself as a calm, restrained steel-blue azure — one that floats near the light end of the scale. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Eskimo (#A2B4BA). Nearby in the Register you will also find Williamsburg Blue (#9DA8BD) and Nepal (#93AAB9).

In RGB terms — rgb(155, 178, 187) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #9BB2BB background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. #9BB2BB has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#9BB2BB color variations

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#9BB2BB 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 #9BB2BB

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

Nepal color link
Nepal

#93AAB9

Frozen color link
Frozen

#9DB6C6

Botticelli color link
Botticelli

#92ACB4

Moby color link
Moby

#8EB2BE

Unwind color link
Unwind

#98B7AF

Conch color link
Conch

#A0B1AE

Forecast color link
Forecast

#A2AAB1

Shadow Green color link
Shadow Green

#9AC0B6

Gull Grey color link
Gull Grey

#A4ADB0

Sorrento color link
Sorrento

#9AB0AC

#9BB2BB color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9BB2BB
  • RGB155, 178, 187
  • CMYK13, 4, 0, 27
  • HSL197°, 19%, 67%
  • HSL Precise196.875°, 19.048%, 67.059%
  • HSV197°, 17%, 73%
  • HSB197°, 17%, 73%
  • HEX ID9BB2BB
  • DECIMAL ID10203835
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • Percentage of Red in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
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