Colour

#152A76

#152A76
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#152A76 is a blue with RGB values 21, 42, 118 and HSL 227°, 70%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#152A76#152A76

HEX#152A76

RGBrgb(21, 42, 118)

RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.1647, 0.4627

RGB percentages8.2%, 16.5%, 46.3%

HSLhsl(227, 69.8%, 27.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(227, 82.2%, 46.3%)

CMYK82.2%, 64.4%, 0%, 53.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,387,126

CSS custom property--colour: #152A76;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03123WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.93:1

Contrast with white12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#2B2B2B

Inverted#EAD589

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#003678no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002D75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#003E4Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 11.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.2 Indigo · ΔE 30.5 Slate blue · ΔE 30.9 Navy · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#766115

Analogous#155B76, #311576

Triadic#76152A, #2A7615

Split complementary#763115, #5A7615

Tetradic#76155B, #766115, #157631

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#718AE6

Lighter +30%#4667DE

Lighter +20%#2449CD

Lighter +10%#1D39A1

Darker −10%#0D1B4B

Darker −20%#060B1F

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#042087

Less saturated −25%#263465

Channel breakdown

R21

G42

B118

Red21 (8.2%)

Green42 (16.5%)

Blue118 (46.3%)

Hue227.01°

Saturation (HSL)69.78%

Lightness27.25%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 15 · G 2A · B 76

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