Information about Edward color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #97A49A reads as a softly muted neutral grey and 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 Dark Ash (#9BA49E). Slightly further away sit Kensington Grey (#9D9F9A) and Half Stack (#989C99).
The recipe behind #97A49A is rgb(151, 164, 154), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.6:1. The name "Edward" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Edward color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Edward color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Edward color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Edward color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Edward color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Edward 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 Edward color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Edward
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#9BA49E
#9D9F9A
#989C99
#999C9D
#9FA19E
#9A9C9E
#919FA0
#A0A197
#9EAA9E
#8DA399
#999B95
#A09F9C
Edward color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#97A49A
- RGB151, 164, 154
- CMYK5, 0, 4, 36
- CSSrgb(151, 164, 154)
- HSL134°, 7%, 62%
- HSL Precise133.846°, 6.667%, 61.765%
- HSV134°, 8%, 64%
- HSB134°, 8%, 64%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.592
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.643
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.604
- GLSLvec3(0.592, 0.643, 0.604)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.592, 0.643, 0.604, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.592, 0.643, 0.604)
- Percentage of Red in RGB59.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB64.3%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB60.4%
- Color FamilyGreen
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID97A49A
- DECIMAL ID9938074
- Name Length6
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- Counting from2025-01-01



