Information about #9DB8BD color
Basic facts about this digital color
A gently muted aqua cyan, #9DB8BD has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Eskimo (#A2B4BA). Slightly further away sit Chi (#9FBFC2) and Frozen (#9DB6C6).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(157, 184, 189)), which gives #9DB8BD its character. On this background, black text reaches a 10.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.1:1. #9DB8BD has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#9DB8BD color variations
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#9DB8BD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#9DB8BD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#9DB8BD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#9DB8BD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#9DB8BD 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 #9DB8BD color
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Nearest named colors to #9DB8BD
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9DB8BD
- RGB157, 184, 189
- CMYK13, 2, 0, 26
- CSSrgb(157, 184, 189)
- HSL189°, 20%, 68%
- HSL Precise189.375°, 19.512%, 67.843%
- HSV189°, 17%, 74%
- HSB189°, 17%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.616
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.722
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
- GLSLvec3(0.616, 0.722, 0.741)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.616, 0.722, 0.741, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.616, 0.722, 0.741)
- Percentage of Red in RGB61.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID9DB8BD
- DECIMAL ID10336445
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
