#152B8E#152B8E

#152B8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.164 H 266.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#152B8E
RGB	rgb(21, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(229, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(229, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.2%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 31.00, -56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 64.55, 298.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% -0.0092 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.164 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0539, 3.8394, 26.0080)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#152B8E #8E7815

analogous

#15688E #152B8E #3C158E

triadic

#152B8E #8E152B #2B8E15

tetradic

#152B8E #8E1568 #8E7815 #158E3C

square

#152B8E #8E1568 #8E7815 #158E3C

split-complementary

#152B8E #8E3C15 #688E15

monochromatic

#050B23 #0D1B59 #152B8E #1D3BC3 #3B5AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#152B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#152B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #152B8E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##152B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##152B8E	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00318C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #152b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.164 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b64b0',
    500: '#152b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #152b8e;
$custom-light: #6b64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#152b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34965,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#152B8E

secondary

#C2AA3D

accent

#CF37F1

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #152B8E

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

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