Information about #26555F color

#26555F color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#26555F falls into the Cyan Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(38, 85, 95) — 14.9% red, 33.3% green, 37.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 22 / 4 / 0 / 63. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A clearly saturated aqua cyan, #26555F occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Dark Arctic Blue (#275359). Slightly further away sit Lucifer (#2E5060) and Marathon (#305563).

The recipe behind #26555F is rgb(38, 85, 95), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 8.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:63), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #26555F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#26555F color variations

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

#26555F 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 #26555F

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

Lucifer color link
Lucifer

#2E5060

Marathon color link
Marathon

#305563

Arapawa color link
Arapawa

#274A5D

Navigate color link
Navigate

#304E5E

Wanaka color link
Wanaka

#284962

Dark Opal color link
Dark Opal

#275953

Spectra color link
Spectra

#2F5A57

Spinnaker color link
Spinnaker

#2F4D66

Beatnik color link
Beatnik

#1F4F54

Retro color link
Retro

#1B5256

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#26555F
  • RGB38, 85, 95
  • CMYK22, 4, 0, 63
  • CSSrgb(38, 85, 95)
  • HSL191°, 43%, 26%
  • HSL Precise190.526°, 42.857%, 26.078%
  • HSV191°, 60%, 37%
  • HSB191°, 60%, 37%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.149
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.373
  • GLSLvec3(0.149, 0.333, 0.373)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.149, 0.333, 0.373, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.149, 0.333, 0.373)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB14.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB33.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB37.3%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID26555F
  • DECIMAL ID2512223
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01