Information about #9DB1B9 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A calm, restrained steel-blue azure, #9DB1B9 appears airy and pastel-like. 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 hair away from Eskimo (#A2B4BA). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Williamsburg Blue (#9DA8BD) and Conch (#A0B1AE).
The recipe behind #9DB1B9 is rgb(157, 177, 185), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #9DB1B9 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#9DB1B9 color variations
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#9DB1B9 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#9DB1B9 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#9DB1B9 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#9DB1B9 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#9DB1B9 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 #9DB1B9 color
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Nearest named colors to #9DB1B9
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A2B4BA
#9DA8BD
#A0B1AE
#A2AAB1
#A4ADB0
#93AAB9
#98B7AF
#92ACB4
#A5A9B2
#9AB0AC
#AAB5B8
#A5ACAF
#9DB1B9 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9DB1B9
- RGB157, 177, 185
- CMYK11, 3, 0, 27
- CSSrgb(157, 177, 185)
- HSL197°, 17%, 67%
- HSL Precise197.143°, 16.667%, 67.059%
- HSV197°, 15%, 73%
- HSB197°, 15%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.616
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.694
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.725
- GLSLvec3(0.616, 0.694, 0.725)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.616, 0.694, 0.725, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.616, 0.694, 0.725)
- Percentage of Red in RGB61.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB69.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB72.5%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID9DB1B9
- DECIMAL ID10334649
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
