#156AE2#156AE2

#156AE2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.198 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#156AE2
RGB	rgb(21, 106, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 83%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 91%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(90.7%, 53.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 22.11, -67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 70.90, 288.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% -0.038 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.198 259)
XYZ	xyz(19.1857, 15.9559, 74.0054)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#156AE2 #E28D15

analogous

#15D0E2 #156AE2 #2615E2

triadic

#156AE2 #E2156A #6AE215

tetradic

#156AE2 #E215D0 #E28D15 #15E226

square

#156AE2 #E215D0 #E28D15 #15E226

split-complementary

#156AE2 #E22615 #D0E215

monochromatic

#0B3572 #1050AA #156AE2 #468CEE #7EAFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#156AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#156AE2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #156AE2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##156AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##156AE2	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0079E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0067E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #156ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(21, 106, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.198 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d93ec',
    500: '#156ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #156ae2;
$custom-light: #7d93ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#156ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 21,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.122,
    "s": 82.996,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54962,
    "c": 0.19827,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.15958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#156AE2

secondary

#DBB278

accent

#A52EF9

background

#F8F9FE

surface

#F0F1FD

border

#CBCBD5

text

#0C0D16

muted

#7D7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #156AE2

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

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