Information about #1A97B9 color

#1A97B9 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#1A97B9 falls into the Cyan Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(26, 151, 185) — 10.2% red, 59.2% green, 72.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 62 / 13 / 0 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #1A97B9 reads as a strongly colored water-like cyan and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Blue Green (#0D98BA). Slightly further away sit Pelorous (#2599B2) and Cyan Cornflower Blue (#188BC2).

The recipe behind #1A97B9 is rgb(26, 151, 185), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #1A97B9: 6.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#1A97B9 color variations

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

#1A97B9 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 #1A97B9

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

Blue Green color link
Blue Green

#0D98BA

Pelorous color link
Pelorous

#2599B2

Freefall color link
Freefall

#1D95C9

Douban Blue color link
Douban Blue

#2496CD

Boy Red color link
Boy Red

#0E9CA5

Pacific Blue color link
Pacific Blue

#1CA9C9

Bondi Blue color link
Bondi Blue

#0095B6

Curious Blue color link
Curious Blue

#2596D1

Blue Ivy color link
Blue Ivy

#3090C7

Water Blue color link
Water Blue

#0E87CC

Spring Teal color link
Spring Teal

#0EA7A5

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#1A97B9
  • RGB26, 151, 185
  • CMYK62, 13, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(26, 151, 185)
  • HSL193°, 75%, 41%
  • HSL Precise192.83°, 75.355%, 41.373%
  • HSV193°, 86%, 73%
  • HSB193°, 86%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.102
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.592
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • GLSLvec3(0.102, 0.592, 0.725)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.102, 0.592, 0.725, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.102, 0.592, 0.725)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB10.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB59.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.5%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID1A97B9
  • DECIMAL ID1742777
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01