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Recognised as Colour

#150BC7

  • #150BC7
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium blue

#150BC7 is a blue with RGB values 21, 11, 199 and HSL 243°, 90%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

#150BC7#150BC7
HEX#150BC7
RGBrgb(21, 11, 199)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.0431, 0.7804
RGB percentages8.2%, 4.3%, 78%
HSLhsl(243.2, 89.5%, 41.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 94.5%, 78%)
CMYK89.4%, 94.5%, 0%, 22%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,379,271
CSS custom property--colour: #150BC7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04522WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness68.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B
Inverted#EAF438

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0045CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0032C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#005374no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 95.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 5.5Blue violet · ΔE 22Dark blue · ΔE 25.2Dark violet · ΔE 25.6Blue · ΔE 26.7Navy · ΔE 30.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDC70B
Analogous#0B5FC7, #730BC7
Triadic#C7150B, #0BC715
Split complementary#C7730B, #5FC70B
Tetradic#C70B5F, #BDC70B, #0BC773

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9A4FA
Lighter +30%#7B74F7
Lighter +20%#4D43F5
Lighter +10%#1F13F2
Darker −10%#100897
Darker −20%#0B0666
Darker −30%#060336
Darker −40%#010006
More saturated +25%#0B00D2
Less saturated −25%#2C25AD

Channel breakdown

R21
G11
B199
Red21 (8.2%)
Green11 (4.3%)
Blue199 (78%)
Hue243.19°
Saturation (HSL)89.52%
Lightness41.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 0B · B C7

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