Recognised as Colour

#150BD4

#150BD4
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium blue

#150BD4 is a blue with RGB values 21, 11, 212 and HSL 243°, 90%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium blue.

Colour values

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HEX#150BD4

RGBrgb(21, 11, 212)

RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.0431, 0.8314

RGB percentages8.2%, 4.3%, 83.1%

HSLhsl(243, 90.1%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243, 94.8%, 83.1%)

CMYK90.1%, 94.8%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,379,284

CSS custom property--colour: #150BD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05152WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.34:1

Contrast with white10.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#EAF42B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004AD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#0035D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00597Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 100.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text10.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Medium blue · ΔE 2.2 Blue · ΔE 20.8 Blue violet · ΔE 23 Dark violet · ΔE 26.6 Dark blue · ΔE 31.1 Dark orchid · ΔE 35.8

Nearest named CSS colourMedium blue (#0000CD)ΔE 2.24, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CAD40B

Analogous#0B66D4, #790BD4

Triadic#D4150B, #0BD415

Split complementary#D4790B, #66D40B

Tetradic#D40B66, #CAD40B, #0BD479

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B4B0FB

Lighter +30%#8680F8

Lighter +20%#574FF6

Lighter +10%#291FF3

Darker −10%#1008A4

Darker −20%#0B0673

Darker −30%#070343

Darker −40%#020112

More saturated +25%#0B00DF

Less saturated −25%#2E27B8

Channel breakdown

R21

G11

B212

Red21 (8.2%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue212 (83.1%)

Hue242.99°

Saturation (HSL)90.13%

Lightness43.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 15 · G 0B · B D4

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