#15008c

Color #15008c

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 1.57 Nearest Tailwind class violet-950 #2f0d68 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#15008c

RGB

rgb(21, 0, 140)

HSL

hsl(249, 100%, 27.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249, 100%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(85%, 100%, 0%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(15.76, 50.97, -67.61)

LCH

lch(15.76, 84.67, 307.01)

OKLCH

oklch(29.7%, 0.1952, 269.82)

HWB

hwb(249, 0%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#778c00

Analogous

#00318c

#15008c

#5b008c

Triadic

#15008c

#8c1500

#008c15

Split-complementary

#15008c

#8c5b00

#318c00

Tetradic

#15008c

#8c0077

#778c00

#008c15

Square

#15008c

#8c0031

#778c00

#008c5b

Shades

Color #15008c mixed toward black.

#120075

#0e005e

#0b0046

#07002f

#040017

Tints

Color #15008c mixed toward white.

#1e00ca

#2d08ff

#6246ff

#9684ff

#cbc1ff

Tones

Color #15008c mixed toward gray.

#1d0c81

#251775

#2e2369

#362f5e

#3e3a52

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

14.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.41:1

White text reads better on this background (14.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#0e0d7b · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#0f1077 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#146c68 · ΔE 39.7

Achromatopsia

#272727 · ΔE 29.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #15008c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#15008c]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#15008c (#15008c) is rgb(21, 0, 140) in RGB.

No, #15008c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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