Information about #A9ADBD color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly toned deep-sea blue, #A9ADBD 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 Abbey Road (#AFA8BC). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Casper (#AAB5B8) and Coastal Blue (#AAB7BB).
The recipe behind #A9ADBD is rgb(169, 173, 189), with blue as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #A9ADBD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.2:1. No one has named #A9ADBD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#A9ADBD color variations
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#A9ADBD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A9ADBD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A9ADBD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A9ADBD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A9ADBD 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 #A9ADBD color
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Nearest named colors to #A9ADBD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#AFA8BC
#AAB5B8
#AAB7BB
#A2B4BA
#AEB7C0
#A5A9B2
#B3ABB6
#A6B5C6
#ACAFB1
#9DA8BD
#B1B6B7
#A4ADB0
#A9ADBD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A9ADBD
- RGB169, 173, 189
- CMYK8, 6, 0, 26
- CSSrgb(169, 173, 189)
- HSL228°, 13%, 70%
- HSL Precise228°, 13.158%, 70.196%
- HSV228°, 11%, 74%
- HSB228°, 11%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
- GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.678, 0.741)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.678, 0.741, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.678, 0.741)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDA9ADBD
- DECIMAL ID11120061
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
