Recognised as Colour

#152EBB

#152EBB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Dark blue

#152EBB is a blue with RGB values 21, 46, 187 and HSL 231°, 80%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark blue.

Colour values

#152EBB#152EBB

HEX#152EBB

RGBrgb(21, 46, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.0824, 0.1804, 0.7333

RGB percentages8.2%, 18%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(231, 79.8%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(231, 88.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK88.8%, 75.4%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,388,219

CSS custom property--colour: #152EBB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05701WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.81:1

Contrast with white9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#EAD144

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#004CBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#003BB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Tritanopia#005873no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark blue · ΔE 15.9 Navy · ΔE 18.7 Indigo · ΔE 23.8 Slate blue · ΔE 25.7 Medium slateblue · ΔE 25.7 Medium blue · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark blue (#00008B)ΔE 15.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BBA215

Analogous#1581BB, #4F15BB

Triadic#BB152E, #2EBB15

Split complementary#BB4F15, #81BB15

Tetradic#BB1581, #BBA215, #15BB4F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A7B3F5

Lighter +30%#798BF0

Lighter +20%#4B63EB

Lighter +10%#1D3CE6

Darker −10%#10238D

Darker −20%#0B175F

Darker −30%#060C31

Darker −40%#000104

More saturated +25%#001FD0

Less saturated −25%#2F40A1

Channel breakdown

R21

G46

B187

Red21 (8.2%)

Green46 (18%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue230.96°

Saturation (HSL)79.81%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 15 · G 2E · B BB

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