#152C51#152C51

#152C51 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.073 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#152C51
RGB	rgb(21, 44, 81)
HSL	hsl(217, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(217, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 45.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.16, 5.20, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.16, 25.86, 281.61°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% -0.0134 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.074 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6946, 2.5546, 8.1341)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#152C51 #513A15

analogous

#154A51 #152C51 #1C1551

triadic

#152C51 #51152C #2C5115

tetradic

#152C51 #51154A #513A15 #15511C

square

#152C51 #51154A #513A15 #15511C

split-complementary

#152C51 #511C15 #4A5115

monochromatic

#060D18 #081220 #152C51 #224682 #2E61B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#152C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#152C51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #152C51

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##152C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##152C51	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B2F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #152c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 44, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.073 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6482',
    500: '#152c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #152c51;
$custom-light: #5a6482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#152c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29607,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#152C51

secondary

#896A39

accent

#A646E2

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #152C51

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

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