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Recognised as Colour

#151C94

  • #151C94
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#151C94 is a blue with RGB values 21, 28, 148 and HSL 237°, 75%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#151C94#151C94
HEX#151C94
RGBrgb(21, 28, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.1098, 0.5804
RGB percentages8.2%, 11%, 58%
HSLhsl(236.7, 75.1%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.7, 85.8%, 58%)
CMYK85.8%, 81.1%, 0%, 42%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,383,572
CSS custom property--colour: #151C94;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03128WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.92:1
Contrast with white12.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#EAE36B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003897no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#002B92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Tritanopia#004258no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.92:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 9.2Dark blue · ΔE 10.8Indigo · ΔE 14.7Midnight blue · ΔE 19Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.4Slate blue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 9.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#948D15
Analogous#155B94, #4E1594
Triadic#94151C, #1C9415
Split complementary#944E15, #5B9415
Tetradic#94155B, #948D15, #15944E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#878DEE
Lighter +30%#5A62E8
Lighter +20%#2E38E1
Lighter +10%#1B24C1
Darker −10%#0F1467
Darker −20%#080B3B
Darker −30%#02030E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0009A9
Less saturated −25%#2A2F7F

Channel breakdown

R21
G28
B148
Red21 (8.2%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue236.69°
Saturation (HSL)75.15%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 15 · G 1C · B 94

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