Information about #9EBCDC color

#9EBCDC color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#9EBCDC falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(158, 188, 220) — 62% red, 73.7% green, 86.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 24 / 13 / 0 / 14. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #9EBCDC reads as a clearly saturated steel-blue 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 Oxymoron (#9CBFE3). Slightly further away sit Light Grey Blue (#9DBCD4) and Pale Cerulean (#9BC4E2).

The recipe behind #9EBCDC is rgb(158, 188, 220), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 10.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #9EBCDC is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#9EBCDC color variations

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

#9EBCDC 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 #9EBCDC

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

Oxymoron color link
Oxymoron

#9CBFE3

Comfort Zone color link
Comfort Zone

#A2B9D2

Mooni Blue color link
Mooni Blue

#95B5D6

Time Out color link
Time Out

#AAC2E3

Cloudy Blue color link
Cloudy Blue

#ACC2D9

Pigeon Post color link
Pigeon Post

#AFBDD9

Escape color link
Escape

#9EC0CA

Perano color link
Perano

#ACB9E8

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#9EBCDC
  • RGB158, 188, 220
  • CMYK24, 13, 0, 14
  • CSSrgb(158, 188, 220)
  • HSL211°, 47%, 74%
  • HSL Precise210.968°, 46.97%, 74.118%
  • HSV211°, 28%, 86%
  • HSB211°, 28%, 86%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.620
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • GLSLvec3(0.620, 0.737, 0.863)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.620, 0.737, 0.863, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.620, 0.737, 0.863)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB62%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB86.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID9EBCDC
  • DECIMAL ID10403036
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01