Information about #9BBEC5 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#9BBEC5 presents itself as a moderately toned water-like cyan — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Chi (#9FBFC2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Escape (#9EC0CA) and Frozen (#9DB6C6).
The recipe behind #9BBEC5 is rgb(155, 190, 197), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #9BBEC5 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.6:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. No one has named #9BBEC5 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#9BBEC5 color variations
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#9BBEC5 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#9BBEC5 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#9BBEC5 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#9BBEC5 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#9BBEC5 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 #9BBEC5 color
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Nearest named colors to #9BBEC5
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9FBFC2
#9EC0CA
#9DB6C6
#9CC8CA
#92C7C7
#A6B5C6
#9AC0B6
#9DBCD4
#A2B9D2
#A9B7C9
#A2B4BA
#A8C3BC
#9BBEC5 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#9BBEC5
- RGB155, 190, 197
- CMYK16, 3, 0, 23
- CSSrgb(155, 190, 197)
- HSL190°, 27%, 69%
- HSL Precise190°, 26.582%, 69.02%
- HSV190°, 21%, 77%
- HSB190°, 21%, 77%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.608
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.745
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.773
- GLSLvec3(0.608, 0.745, 0.773)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.608, 0.745, 0.773, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.608, 0.745, 0.773)
- Percentage of Red in RGB60.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB74.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB77.3%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID9BBEC5
- DECIMAL ID10206917
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
