Information about #011C1E color

#011C1E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #011C1E is classified in the Register under the Cyan Color Family, with Full Saturation and Very Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(1, 28, 30) — 0.4% red, 11% green, 11.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 1 / 0 / 88. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength aqua cyan, #011C1E keeps to the darkest edge of the palette. Designers typically reach for tones like this for moody backdrops, typography on light surfaces and premium packaging. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Very Deep Cyan (#001D1D). Slightly further away sit Ornella Blue (#021224) and Elizabeth Street (#0A1F17).

The recipe behind #011C1E is rgb(1, 28, 30), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 17.7:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 1.2:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:88), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #011C1E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#011C1E color variations

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

#011C1E 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #011C1E

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#011C1E
  • RGB1, 28, 30
  • CMYK11, 1, 0, 88
  • CSSrgb(1, 28, 30)
  • HSL184°, 94%, 6%
  • HSL Precise184.138°, 93.548%, 6.078%
  • HSV184°, 97%, 12%
  • HSB184°, 97%, 12%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.118
  • GLSLvec3(0.004, 0.110, 0.118)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.004, 0.110, 0.118, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.004, 0.110, 0.118)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB11%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Dark
  • HEX ID011C1E
  • DECIMAL ID72734
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01