Information about #1C9B8E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A energetic, saturated cyan, #1C9B8E holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in bold branding moments and attention-grabbing details. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Java (#259797). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Celeritas (#299792) and ChaosDragon (#139084).
In RGB terms — rgb(28, 155, 142) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #1C9B8E background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.1:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#1C9B8E color variations
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#1C9B8E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#1C9B8E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#1C9B8E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#1C9B8E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#1C9B8E 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 #1C9B8E color
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Nearest named colors to #1C9B8E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#259797
#299792
#139084
#0D9494
#29A98B
#29AB87
#06A189
#0A888A
#05A383
#0E9CA5
#009C8A
#218B76
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#1C9B8E
- RGB28, 155, 142
- CMYK50, 0, 5, 39
- CSSrgb(28, 155, 142)
- HSL174°, 69%, 36%
- HSL Precise173.858°, 69.399%, 35.882%
- HSV174°, 82%, 61%
- HSB174°, 82%, 61%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.110
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.557
- GLSLvec3(0.110, 0.608, 0.557)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.110, 0.608, 0.557, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.110, 0.608, 0.557)
- Percentage of Red in RGB11%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB55.7%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID1C9B8E
- DECIMAL ID1874830
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
