Information about #9CAEAD color

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Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #9CAEAD belongs to the Cyan Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(156, 174, 173) — 61.2% red, 68.2% green, 67.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 7 / 0 / 0 / 32. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #9CAEAD reads as a quiet, subdued balanced grey tone and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Sorrento (#9AB0AC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Conch (#A0B1AE) and Utata Gray (#A0AAAB).

The recipe behind #9CAEAD is rgb(156, 174, 173), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #9CAEAD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.1:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#9CAEAD color variations

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

#9CAEAD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#9CAEAD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#9CAEAD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#9CAEAD color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#9CAEAD 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #9CAEAD

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Sorrento color link
Sorrento

#9AB0AC

Conch color link
Conch

#A0B1AE

Utata Gray color link
Utata Gray

#A0AAAB

Cyanish Grey color link
Cyanish Grey

#9CA8A8

Tower Grey color link
Tower Grey

#9CACA5

Forecast color link
Forecast

#A2AAB1

Gull Grey color link
Gull Grey

#A4ADB0

Hit Grey color link
Hit Grey

#A1A9A8

Electric Gray color link
Electric Gray

#A5ADAD

Titans Grey color link
Titans Grey

#A5ACAF

Dusty Ash color link
Dusty Ash

#A4AEA8

Unwind color link
Unwind

#98B7AF

#9CAEAD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9CAEAD
  • RGB156, 174, 173
  • CMYK7, 0, 0, 32
  • CSSrgb(156, 174, 173)
  • HSL177°, 10%, 65%
  • HSL Precise176.667°, 10%, 64.706%
  • HSV177°, 10%, 68%
  • HSB177°, 10%, 68%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • GLSLvec3(0.612, 0.682, 0.678)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.612, 0.682, 0.678, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.612, 0.682, 0.678)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB61.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9CAEAD
  • DECIMAL ID10268333
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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