Information about #B9C4CF color

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Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #B9C4CF is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(185, 196, 207) — 72.5% red, 76.9% green, 81.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 4 / 0 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A gently muted sky-leaning azure, #B9C4CF 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 Metallic Silver (#BCC6CC). Slightly further away sit Oxygen (#BBC6D5) and Quarter Powder Blue (#BEC6C8).

Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(185, 196, 207)), which gives #B9C4CF its character. On this background, black text reaches a 11.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.8:1. #B9C4CF has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#B9C4CF color variations

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#B9C4CF 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 #B9C4CF

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

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Breathless color link
Breathless

#C1C8D2

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Pastel Blue color link
Pastel Blue

#AEC6CF

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Jungle Mist color link
Jungle Mist

#B4CFD3

#B9C4CF color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B9C4CF
  • RGB185, 196, 207
  • CMYK9, 4, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(185, 196, 207)
  • HSL210°, 19%, 77%
  • HSL Precise210°, 18.644%, 76.863%
  • HSV210°, 11%, 81%
  • HSB210°, 11%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.812
  • GLSLvec3(0.725, 0.769, 0.812)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.725, 0.769, 0.812, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.725, 0.769, 0.812)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB81.2%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB9C4CF
  • DECIMAL ID12174543
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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