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#1E5166 Color

#1E5166 is rgb(30, 81, 102) in RGB, hsl(198, 55%, 26%) in HSL, and about cmyk(71%, 21%, 0%, 60%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Midnight Green(eagle Green) (#004953), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 8.99. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#1E5166
HEX#1E5166
RGBrgb(30, 81, 102)
HSLhsl(198, 55%, 26%)
HSVhsv(198, 71%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(71%, 21%, 0%, 60%)
OKLCHoklch(41% 0.064 228.6)
LABlab(31.79% -11.95 -17.57)
LCHlch(31.79% 21.25 235.78)

What #1E5166 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #1E5166, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Midnight Green(eagle Green)#004953ΔE 8.99Police Blue#374F6BΔE 9.13Blue Sapphire#126180ΔE 9.4Petrol#005F6AΔE 11.28Deep Teal#003B46ΔE 11.56Japanese Indigo#264348ΔE 12.34

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every teal in the library.

#1E5166 Channel Values

How #1E5166 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 30 · G 81 · B 1028-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 198° · S 55% · L 26%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 198° · S 71% · V 40%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 71% · M 21% · Y 0% · K 60%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance8.66:1 vs white · 2.42:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #1E5166 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text8.66:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text2.42:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #1E5166 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #1E5166

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #1E5166; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#1E5166
Complementary
#67341E
Analogous
#1E6758
Analogous
#1E2C67
Triadic
#671E51
Triadic
#51671E
Split comp.
#671E2C
Split comp.
#67581E

Tints & Shades of #1E5166

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#29708E
#3692BA
#55A9CE
#7DBDD9
#A4D1E5
#D0E7F1

Shades

#1A485B
#173E4F
#143543
#0F2833
#0B1F28
#08161C

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #1E5166.

How #1E5166 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#1E5166
Protanopia#4B4B66
Protanomaly#3E4D66
Deuteranopia#454567
Deuteranomaly#394A66
Tritanopia#135454
Tritanomaly#18535C
Achromatopsia#4B4B4B

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Using #1E5166 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-1e5166: #1E5166;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #1E5166;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-1e5166': '#1E5166' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.118, green: 0.318, blue: 0.400)
Android XML<color name="color_1e5166">#1E5166</color>
SVG fillfill="#1E5166"

More Teal Colors

#1E5166 sits in the teal family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#1E5166 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #1E5166?

#1E5166 is a dark teal — rgb(30, 81, 102) in RGB and hsl(198, 55%, 26%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Midnight Green(eagle Green) (#004953), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 8.99.

What is the RGB value of #1E5166?

#1E5166 is rgb(30, 81, 102) — red 30, green 81, and blue 102 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #1E5166?

#1E5166 converts to approximately cmyk(71%, 21%, 0%, 60%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #1E5166 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #1E5166 scores 8.66:1 against white and 2.42:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #1E5166 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #1E5166 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is darkslategray (#2F4F4F) at a CIE76 distance of 13.66, which is visibly different.

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