#1A94DE

sRGB: 26 / 148 / 222

Fading shadows flourish beyond boundaries
Shimmering rivers breathe beneath silver clouds
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#1A94DE belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 26 red, 148 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 202.7° lands in the azure region. Its 79.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.33:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 26, 148, 222
HSL: 202.65°, 79.03%, 48.63%
HSV / HSB: 202.65°, 88.29%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 88.29%, 33.33%, 0.00%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 24.199, 26.672, 72.982
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 58.669, -4.949, -46.279
WCAG relative luminance: 0.26673
24-bit decimal: 1742046

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #1A94DE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 6.33:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.32:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DE641A sits half a turn (180°) from #1A94DE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#1A94DE #DE641A

Analogous

#1ADEC6 and #1A32DE sit 30° to either side of #1A94DE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#1ADEC6 #1A94DE #1A32DE

Triadic

#1A94DE, #DE1A94 and #94DE1A are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#1A94DE #DE1A94 #94DE1A

Split complementary

Start at #1A94DE and look across the wheel. #DE1A32 and #DEC61A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#1A94DE #DE1A32 #DEC61A

Square

Starting with #1A94DE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C61ADE, #DE641A, then #32DE1A. Across the square, #1A94DE pairs with #DE641A, and #C61ADE with #32DE1A.

#1A94DE #C61ADE #DE641A #32DE1A

Tetradic

#1A94DE and #DE641A are opposites, as are #641ADE and #94DE1A. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#1A94DE #641ADE #DE641A #94DE1A

Tints

Mixing #1A94DE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #48A9E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #D1EAF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#1A94DE #48A9E5 #76BFEB #A3D4F2 #D1EAF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #1A94DE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1576B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #051E2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#1A94DE #1576B2 #105985 #0A3B59 #051E2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #1A94DE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2E90CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #6C8493, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#1A94DE #2E90CB #438CB8 #5788A6 #6C8493 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#1A94DE

RGB

rgb(26 148 222)

HSL

hsl(202.653 79.032% 48.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #1A94DE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#1A94DE uses 26 red, 148 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 10.2%

Green 58.0%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #1A94DE is 88.3% cyan, 33.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 88.3%

Magenta 33.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #2299DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #29D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #1A94DE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3399CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #2299DD Nearest web-safe: #3399CC

Gradient to complement

#1A94DE #3B8CBD #5B849D #7C7C7C #9D745B #BD6C3B #DE641A

Color vision previews

Compare how #1A94DE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7196E1

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#5686DD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00A6AF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#5B94E0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#4C8BDD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0099CE

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#8D8D8D

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#6891BB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.01033 G 0.29614 B 0.73046

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.27412 G 0.57183 B 0.84708

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.06107 G 0.28665 B 0.68672

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.195 y 0.215 Y 26.672

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 89.804 M % 41.961 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00011010 10010100 11011110