Information about #9EB5EF color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #9EB5EF is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(158, 181, 239) — 62% red, 71% green, 93.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 32 / 23 / 0 / 6. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored steel-blue azure, #9EB5EF 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 Bright Pastel Blue (#9BBEED). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Oxymoron (#9CBFE3) and Very Light Sapphire Blue (#9EB6FF).

The recipe behind #9EB5EF is rgb(158, 181, 239), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #9EB5EF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. No one has named #9EB5EF so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#9EB5EF color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#9EB5EF 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 #9EB5EF

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9EB5EF
  • RGB158, 181, 239
  • CMYK32, 23, 0, 6
  • CSSrgb(158, 181, 239)
  • HSL223°, 72%, 78%
  • HSL Precise222.963°, 71.681%, 77.843%
  • HSV223°, 34%, 94%
  • HSB223°, 34%, 94%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.937
  • GLSLvec3(0.620, 0.710, 0.937)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.620, 0.710, 0.937, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.620, 0.710, 0.937)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.7%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9EB5EF
  • DECIMAL ID10401263
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01