Information about #C9DCEE color

#C9DCEE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C9DCEE falls into the Azure Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Luminous brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(201, 220, 238) — 78.8% red, 86.3% green, 93.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 15 / 7 / 0 / 7. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#C9DCEE is a clearly saturated steel-blue azure that radiates an almost-white brightness. It is a natural fit for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Soft Light Blue (#C7E4EE). Slightly further away sit Hawkes Blue (#D2DAED) and Pastel Sky (#BEDDF1).

In RGB terms — rgb(201, 220, 238) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 15.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C9DCEE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C9DCEE color variations

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

#C9DCEE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#C9DCEE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#C9DCEE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#C9DCEE 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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#C9DCEE 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 #C9DCEE

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

Soft Light Blue color link
Soft Light Blue

#C7E4EE

Hawkes Blue color link
Hawkes Blue

#D2DAED

Pastel Sky color link
Pastel Sky

#BEDDF1

Heavenly Meadow color link
Heavenly Meadow

#CDE5E8

Monroe Blue color link
Monroe Blue

#D3DFE8

Onahau color link
Onahau

#C2E6EC

Dreamer color link
Dreamer

#D3E5EF

Mabel color link
Mabel

#CBE8E8

Jagged Ice color link
Jagged Ice

#CAE7E2

Columbia Blue color link
Columbia Blue

#B9D9EB

Oyster Bay color link
Oyster Bay

#D1EAEA

Foam color link
Foam

#D0EAE8

#C9DCEE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C9DCEE
  • RGB201, 220, 238
  • CMYK15, 7, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(201, 220, 238)
  • HSL209°, 52%, 86%
  • HSL Precise209.189°, 52.113%, 86.078%
  • HSV209°, 16%, 93%
  • HSB209°, 16%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.863
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.863, 0.933)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.863, 0.933, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.863, 0.933)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB86.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDC9DCEE
  • DECIMAL ID13229294
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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