Information about #C9DAED color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#C9DAED falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Luminous brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(201, 218, 237) — 78.8% red, 85.5% green, 92.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 14 / 7 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated steel-blue azure, #C9DAED radiates an almost-white brightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Hawkes Blue (#D2DAED). Slightly further away sit Soft Light Blue (#C7E4EE) and Pastel Sky (#BEDDF1).

In RGB terms — rgb(201, 218, 237) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #C9DAED: 14.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#C9DAED color variations

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

#C9DAED color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#C9DAED color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#C9DAED color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#C9DAED color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#C9DAED 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #C9DAED

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

Hawkes Blue color link
Hawkes Blue

#D2DAED

Soft Light Blue color link
Soft Light Blue

#C7E4EE

Pastel Sky color link
Pastel Sky

#BEDDF1

Monroe Blue color link
Monroe Blue

#D3DFE8

Heavenly Meadow color link
Heavenly Meadow

#CDE5E8

Onahau color link
Onahau

#C2E6EC

Mabel color link
Mabel

#CBE8E8

Dreamer color link
Dreamer

#D3E5EF

Beau Blue color link
Beau Blue

#BCD4E6

Columbia Blue color link
Columbia Blue

#B9D9EB

Half Escape color link
Half Escape

#BADAE5

Cut Glass color link
Cut Glass

#C9DBDC

#C9DAED color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C9DAED
  • RGB201, 218, 237
  • CMYK14, 7, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(201, 218, 237)
  • HSL212°, 50%, 86%
  • HSL Precise211.667°, 50%, 85.882%
  • HSV212°, 15%, 93%
  • HSB212°, 15%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.855
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.855, 0.929)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.855, 0.929, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.855, 0.929)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB92.9%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDC9DAED
  • DECIMAL ID13228781
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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