Information about #C9D8EE color
Basic facts about this digital color
#C9D8EE presents itself as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure — one that radiates an almost-white brightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Hawkes Blue (#D2DAED). Slightly further away sit Soft Light Blue (#C7E4EE) and Pastel Sky (#BEDDF1).
The recipe behind #C9D8EE is rgb(201, 216, 238), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 14.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C9D8EE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#C9D8EE color variations
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#C9D8EE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#C9D8EE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#C9D8EE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#C9D8EE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#C9D8EE 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 #C9D8EE color
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Nearest named colors to #C9D8EE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#D2DAED
#C7E4EE
#BEDDF1
#D3DFE8
#CDE5E8
#BCD4E6
#C2E6EC
#B9D9EB
#D3E5EF
#CEC8EF
#CBE8E8
#BADAE5
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#C9D8EE
- RGB201, 216, 238
- CMYK15, 9, 0, 7
- CSSrgb(201, 216, 238)
- HSL216°, 52%, 86%
- HSL Precise215.676°, 52.113%, 86.078%
- HSV216°, 16%, 93%
- HSB216°, 16%, 93%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.847
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
- GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.847, 0.933)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.847, 0.933, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.847, 0.933)
- Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB84.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLuminous
- HEX IDC9D8EE
- DECIMAL ID13228270
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
