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#019FBB

#019FBB is a dark, vivid teal, close to the color Tropical Blue. In RGB it’s made of 0.4% red, 62.4% green, and 73.3% blue. Its hue is 189°, with 99% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #019FBB as they’d see it.

Typical vision#019FBB
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #019FBB?

#019FBB is a dark, vivid teal, close to the color Tropical Blue. In RGB it’s made of 0.4% red, 62.4% green, and 73.3% blue. Its hue is 189°, with 99% saturation and 37% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #019FBB in RGB?

#019FBB is rgb(1, 159, 187): 1 red, 159 green, and 187 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #019FBB in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(99, 15, 0, 27). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #019FBB?

PANTONE 313 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #019FBB?

Its complement #C77F6A gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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