Information about #196C85 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#196C85 falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(25, 108, 133) — 9.8% red, 42.4% green, 52.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 10 / 0 / 48. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #196C85 reads as a strongly colored aqua cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Dauntless (#166F7F). Slightly further away sit Light Blue Flower (#1D697C) and Blue Sapphire (#126180).

The recipe behind #196C85 is rgb(25, 108, 133), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #196C85: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#196C85 color variations

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#196C85 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 #196C85

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

Dauntless color link
Dauntless

#166F7F

Yarra color link
Yarra

#20608E

Optimist color link
Optimist

#2B688D

Deep Aqua color link
Deep Aqua

#08787F

Bahama Blue color link
Bahama Blue

#25597F

Atoll color link
Atoll

#2B797A

Orient color link
Orient

#255B77

Ugly Blue color link
Ugly Blue

#31668A

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#196C85
  • RGB25, 108, 133
  • CMYK42, 10, 0, 48
  • CSSrgb(25, 108, 133)
  • HSL194°, 68%, 31%
  • HSL Precise193.889°, 68.354%, 30.98%
  • HSV194°, 81%, 52%
  • HSB194°, 81%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.098
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • GLSLvec3(0.098, 0.424, 0.522)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.098, 0.424, 0.522, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.098, 0.424, 0.522)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB9.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB52.2%
  • Color Family (Hue)Cyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID196C85
  • DECIMAL ID1666181
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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