Information about #96A5BB color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #96A5BB reads as a softly toned sky-leaning azure and 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 a hair away from Rock Blue (#93A2BA). Slightly further away sit Smokescreen (#93A2B7) and Nepal (#93AAB9).
The recipe behind #96A5BB is rgb(150, 165, 187), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #96A5BB is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#96A5BB color variations
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#96A5BB color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#96A5BB color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#96A5BB color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#96A5BB color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#96A5BB 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 #96A5BB color
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Nearest named colors to #96A5BB
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#93A2BA
#93A2B7
#93AAB9
#9DA8BD
#92ACB4
#8BA8B7
#9D9CB7
#91A3B0
#9D9CB4
#8EB2BE
#92A0AC
#A2AAB1
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#96A5BB
- RGB150, 165, 187
- CMYK15, 9, 0, 27
- CSSrgb(150, 165, 187)
- HSL216°, 21%, 66%
- HSL Precise215.676°, 21.387%, 66.078%
- HSV216°, 20%, 73%
- HSB216°, 20%, 73%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.588
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.647
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.733
- GLSLvec3(0.588, 0.647, 0.733)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.588, 0.647, 0.733, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.588, 0.647, 0.733)
- Percentage of Red in RGB58.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB64.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB73.3%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID96A5BB
- DECIMAL ID9872827
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
