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9CB89B
Cambridge blue
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Conversion

HEX 9CB89B
RGB 156, 184, 155
CMYK 15, 0, 16, 28
HSB 118, 16, 72
HSL 118, 17, 66
LAB 72, -15, 12
XYZ 37, 44, 38
LCH 72, 19, 143
LUV 72, -14, 19
HWB 118, 61, 28

Variations

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

Shades

A shade is created by adding black to a base color, increasing its darkness. Shades appear more dramatic and richer.
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8DAD8B
7FA37D
71996F
658D64
5B7F5A
517150
476246
3D543C
334632
283828
1E2A1E
141C14
0A0E0A
000000

Tints

A tint is created by adding white to a base color, increasing its lightness. Tints are likely to look pastel and less intense.
9CB89B
A2BCA1
A9C1A8
B0C6AF
B7CCB7
BED1BE
C6D6C5
CDDBCC
D4E0D4
DBE5DB
E2EAE2
E9F0E9
F1F5F1
F8FAF8
FFFFFF

Tones

A tone is created by adding gray to a base color, increasing its lightness. Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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9CB69B
9DB59C
9DB49D
9EB39E
9FB29F
A0B1A0
A1B0A1
A2AFA2
A3AEA3
A4ADA4
A5ABA5
A6AAA6
A7A9A7
A8A8A8

Hues

A hue refers to the basic family of a color from red to violet. Hues are variations of a base color on the color wheel.
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A0B89A
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9AB89E
9AB8A3
9AB8A8
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9AB3B8

Temperatures

Color are often divided in cool and warm according to how we perceive them. Greens and blues are cool, whilst reds and yellows are warm.
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A0B49B
A2B29B
A4AF9B
A6AD9B
A8AB9B
AAA99B

Color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel. Learn more

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.
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9CB89B
9AB7AC

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors on the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
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B69AB7

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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AC9AB7
B79AAE

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
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9A9BB7
B79A9B

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel. They are very versatile, and work best with one dominant color.
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B79A9B

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
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9AA9B7
B69AB7
B7A79A

Blindness simulator

Check how a color is perceived by color blind people to create accessible designs. Learn more

Protanopia

85% similar
1.3% of men, 0.02% of women
9CB89B
A8A8A2

Protanomaly

93% similar
1.3% of men, 0.02% of women
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A1AE9E

Deuteranopia

82% similar
1.2% of men, 0.01% of women
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A6A4A3

Deuteranomaly

94% similar
5% of men, 0.35% of women
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A1B09F

Tritanopia

85% similar
0.001% of men, 0.03% of women
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9DA7A8

Tritanomaly

94% similar
0.0001% of the population
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9CB0A0

Achromatopsia

83% similar
0.003% of the population
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ACACAC

Achromatomaly

92% similar
0.001% of the population
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A4B1A4

Contrast checker

Verify the contrast of a text on white and black backgrounds. For additional options use this tool.

White background

Very poor 1/5
Quote n. 11Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Black background

Very good 4/5
Quote n. 11Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Color libraries

View the most similar correspondences of this color with these popular color libraries.

Name

94% similar

RAL

92% similar
86A47C

HKS

90% similar
AEBAB1

Copic

96% similar

Prismacolor

90% similar

Color Palettes

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