#151E9E#151E9E

#151E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.198 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#151E9E
RGB	rgb(21, 30, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 81%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 44.60, -68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 81.42, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% -0.0074 -0.1974)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.198 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9430, 3.5557, 32.6615)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#151E9E #9E9515

analogous

#15639E #151E9E #50159E

triadic

#151E9E #9E151E #1E9E15

tetradic

#151E9E #9E1563 #9E9515 #159E50

square

#151E9E #9E1563 #9E9515 #159E50

split-complementary

#151E9E #9E5015 #639E15

monochromatic

#070932 #0E1468 #151E9E #1C28D4 #4751E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#151E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#151E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #151E9E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##151E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##151E9E	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #151e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 30, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.198 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715dbc',
    500: '#151e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #151e9e;
$custom-light: #715dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#151e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.058,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34788,
    "c": 0.1975,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#151E9E

secondary

#C7BF47

accent

#E735F3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #151E9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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