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Information about #0996CE color

#0996CE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#0996CE falls into the Azure Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(9, 150, 206) — 3.5% red, 58.8% green, 80.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 77 / 22 / 0 / 19. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#0996CE is a maximally vivid steel-blue azure that feels open and friendly. It is a natural fit for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Rich Electric Blue (#0892D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are The Boss Baby (#008ACF) and BMW Blue (#009ADA).

The recipe behind #0996CE is rgb(9, 150, 206), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #0996CE: 6.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #0996CE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#0996CE color variations

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

#0996CE 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 #0996CE

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#0996CE
  • RGB9, 150, 206
  • CMYK77, 22, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(9, 150, 206)
  • HSL197°, 92%, 42%
  • HSL Precise197.056°, 91.628%, 42.157%
  • HSV197°, 96%, 81%
  • HSB197°, 96%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.035
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.035, 0.588, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.035, 0.588, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.035, 0.588, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB3.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB58.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID0996CE
  • DECIMAL ID628430
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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