Information about #099BD0 color

#099BD0 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #099BD0 is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Full Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(9, 155, 208) — 3.5% red, 60.8% green, 81.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 96 / 25 / 0 / 18. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A maximally vivid steel-blue azure, #099BD0 feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rich Electric Blue (#0892D0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are BMW Blue (#009ADA) and Unleashed (#05A1DE).

The recipe behind #099BD0 is rgb(9, 155, 208), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #099BD0 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.6:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.2:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#099BD0 color variations

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

#099BD0 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 #099BD0

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#099BD0
  • RGB9, 155, 208
  • CMYK96, 25, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(9, 155, 208)
  • HSL196°, 92%, 43%
  • HSL Precise195.98°, 91.705%, 42.549%
  • HSV196°, 96%, 82%
  • HSB196°, 96%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.035
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.816
  • GLSLvec3(0.035, 0.608, 0.816)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.035, 0.608, 0.816, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.035, 0.608, 0.816)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB3.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB81.6%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID099BD0
  • DECIMAL ID629712
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01