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Information about #A3C9FF color

#A3C9FF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #A3C9FF is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(163, 201, 255) — 63.9% red, 78.8% green, 100% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 36 / 21 / 0 / 0. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength steel-blue azure, #A3C9FF 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 a hair away from Very Light Cobalt Blue (#9EC2FF). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Baby Blue Eyes (#A1CAF1) and Electricity (#B3CEFF).

In RGB terms — rgb(163, 201, 255) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #A3C9FF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 12.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.7:1. No one has named #A3C9FF so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#A3C9FF color variations

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

#A3C9FF 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 #A3C9FF

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#A3C9FF
  • RGB163, 201, 255
  • CMYK36, 21, 0, 0
  • CSSrgb(163, 201, 255)
  • HSL215°, 100%, 82%
  • HSL Precise215.217°, 100%, 81.961%
  • HSV215°, 36%, 100%
  • HSB215°, 36%, 100%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.639
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)1.000
  • GLSLvec3(0.639, 0.788, 1.000)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.639, 0.788, 1.000, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.639, 0.788, 1.000)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB63.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB100%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA3C9FF
  • DECIMAL ID10734079
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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