Information about #1A979E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored aqua cyan, #1A979E occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Java (#259797). Slightly further away sit Boy Red (#0E9CA5) and Aesthetic Teal (#0D9494).
Technically, the mix leans on its blue channel (rgb(26, 151, 158)), which gives #1A979E its character. On this background, black text reaches a 6.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #1A979E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#1A979E color variations
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#1A979E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#1A979E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#1A979E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#1A979E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#1A979E 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 #1A979E color
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Nearest named colors to #1A979E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#259797
#0E9CA5
#0D9494
#299792
#0EA7A5
#2599B2
#308EA0
#009698
#0092A5
#139084
#0093A8
#008E97
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#1A979E
- RGB26, 151, 158
- CMYK52, 3, 0, 38
- CSSrgb(26, 151, 158)
- HSL183°, 72%, 36%
- HSL Precise183.182°, 71.739%, 36.078%
- HSV183°, 84%, 62%
- HSB183°, 84%, 62%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.102
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.592
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.620
- GLSLvec3(0.102, 0.592, 0.620)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.102, 0.592, 0.620, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.102, 0.592, 0.620)
- Percentage of Red in RGB10.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB59.2%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB62%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID1A979E
- DECIMAL ID1742750
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
