Information about #1A8AB3 color

#1A8AB3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#1A8AB3 falls into the Azure Color FamilyHigh Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(26, 138, 179) — 10.2% red, 54.1% green, 70.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 60 / 16 / 0 / 30. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #1A8AB3 reads as a strongly colored steel-blue azure and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Cyan Cornflower Blue (#188BC2). Slightly further away sit Pelorous (#2599B2) and Nice Blue (#107AB0).

In RGB terms — rgb(26, 138, 179) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #1A8AB3 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#1A8AB3 color variations

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

#1A8AB3 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 #1A8AB3

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

Pelorous color link
Pelorous

#2599B2

Nice Blue color link
Nice Blue

#107AB0

Blue Green color link
Blue Green

#0D98BA

Freefall color link
Freefall

#1D95C9

Boy Red color link
Boy Red

#0E9CA5

UCLA Blue color link
UCLA Blue

#2774AE

Geaux Blue color link
Geaux Blue

#1277A3

Bluish color link
Bluish

#2976BB

Bowie color link
Bowie

#0084AC

Water Blue color link
Water Blue

#0E87CC

Bondi Blue color link
Bondi Blue

#0095B6

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#1A8AB3
  • RGB26, 138, 179
  • CMYK60, 16, 0, 30
  • CSSrgb(26, 138, 179)
  • HSL196°, 75%, 40%
  • HSL Precise196.078°, 74.634%, 40.196%
  • HSV196°, 85%, 70%
  • HSB196°, 85%, 70%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.102
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.541
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.702
  • GLSLvec3(0.102, 0.541, 0.702)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.102, 0.541, 0.702, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.102, 0.541, 0.702)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB10.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB70.2%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID1A8AB3
  • DECIMAL ID1739443
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01