Information about #1A5A55 color

#1A5A55 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#1A5A55 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(26, 90, 85) — 10.2% red, 35.3% green, 33.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 25 / 0 / 2 / 65. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#1A5A55 is a clearly saturated water-like cyan that stays on the darker end of the scale. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Retro (#1B5256). Slightly further away sit Dark Green Blue (#1F6357) and Push Play (#21584C).

The recipe behind #1A5A55 is rgb(26, 90, 85), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #1A5A55: 8.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:65) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#1A5A55 color variations

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

#1A5A55 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 #1A5A55

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

Retro color link
Retro

#1B5256

Push Play color link
Push Play

#21584C

Beatnik color link
Beatnik

#1F4F54

Dark Opal color link
Dark Opal

#275953

Eden color link
Eden

#266255

Evening Sea color link
Evening Sea

#26604F

Jackpot color link
Jackpot

#145346

Globe color link
Globe

#256761

Spectra color link
Spectra

#2F5A57

Guru color link
Guru

#154C65

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#1A5A55
  • RGB26, 90, 85
  • CMYK25, 0, 2, 65
  • CSSrgb(26, 90, 85)
  • HSL175°, 55%, 23%
  • HSL Precise175.313°, 55.172%, 22.745%
  • HSV175°, 71%, 35%
  • HSB175°, 71%, 35%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.102
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • GLSLvec3(0.102, 0.353, 0.333)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.102, 0.353, 0.333, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.102, 0.353, 0.333)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB10.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB33.3%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID1A5A55
  • DECIMAL ID1727061
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01