Information about #9FC9DB color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #9FC9DB appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Regent St Blue (#A0CDD9). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Children’s Soft Blue (#A1CED7) and Pale Cerulean (#9BC4E2).
In RGB terms — rgb(159, 201, 219) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #9FC9DB: 11.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. #9FC9DB has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#9FC9DB color variations
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#9FC9DB color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#9FC9DB color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#9FC9DB color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#9FC9DB color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#9FC9DB 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 #9FC9DB color
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Nearest named colors to #9FC9DB
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A0CDD9
#A1CED7
#9BC4E2
#9ED1D3
#A4D2E0
#9CBFE3
#9DBCD4
#ACC2D9
#AAC2E3
#A4D8D8
#A7D8DE
#9CC8CA
#9FC9DB color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9FC9DB
- RGB159, 201, 219
- CMYK24, 7, 0, 14
- CSSrgb(159, 201, 219)
- HSL198°, 45%, 74%
- HSL Precise198°, 45.455%, 74.118%
- HSV198°, 27%, 86%
- HSB198°, 27%, 86%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.624
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.859
- GLSLvec3(0.624, 0.788, 0.859)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.624, 0.788, 0.859, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.624, 0.788, 0.859)
- Percentage of Red in RGB62.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB85.9%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID9FC9DB
- DECIMAL ID10471899
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
