Information about Serendipity color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly balanced deep-sea blue, #B1B9D3 floats near the light end of the scale. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Alaska (#B2B9CD). Nearby in the Register you will also find Pigeon Post (#AFBDD9) and Soft Violet (#BBB5D8).
In RGB terms — rgb(177, 185, 211) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #B1B9D3 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Serendipity" in the Register.
Serendipity color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Serendipity color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Serendipity color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Serendipity color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Serendipity color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Serendipity 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 Serendipity color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Serendipity
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#B2B9CD
#AFBDD9
#BBB5D8
#ACC2D9
#B3C4D8
#BDBBD7
#A9B7C9
#BDBACE
#A9AED5
#AEC6CF
#A2B9D2
#C0BCD4
Serendipity color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#B1B9D3
- RGB177, 185, 211
- CMYK13, 10, 0, 17
- CSSrgb(177, 185, 211)
- HSL226°, 28%, 76%
- HSL Precise225.882°, 27.869%, 76.078%
- HSV226°, 16%, 83%
- HSB226°, 16%, 83%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.694
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.827
- GLSLvec3(0.694, 0.725, 0.827)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.694, 0.725, 0.827, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.694, 0.725, 0.827)
- Percentage of Red in RGB69.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB82.7%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDB1B9D3
- DECIMAL ID11647443
- Name Length11
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- Counting from2025-01-01
