Information about #116E8D color
Basic facts about this digital color
#116E8D is a strongly colored sky-leaning azure that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Dauntless (#166F7F). Slightly further away sit Metallic Seaweed (#0A7E8C) and Blue Sapphire (#126180).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(17, 110, 141)), which gives #116E8D its character. On this background, white text reaches a 5.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 3.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #116E8D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#116E8D color variations
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#116E8D color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#116E8D color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#116E8D color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#116E8D color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#116E8D 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 #116E8D color
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Nearest named colors to #116E8D
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#166F7F
#0A7E8C
#126180
#006994
#08787F
#007791
#006C98
#20608E
#017B92
#1D697C
#006C7F
#006699
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#116E8D
- RGB17, 110, 141
- CMYK49, 12, 0, 45
- CSSrgb(17, 110, 141)
- HSL195°, 78%, 31%
- HSL Precise195°, 78.481%, 30.98%
- HSV195°, 88%, 55%
- HSB195°, 88%, 55%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.067
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.553
- GLSLvec3(0.067, 0.431, 0.553)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.067, 0.431, 0.553, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.067, 0.431, 0.553)
- Percentage of Red in RGB6.7%
- Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.3%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID116E8D
- DECIMAL ID1142413
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
