#152b78

Color #152b78

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Midnight Blue #191970 · ΔE 11.23 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-900 #312c85 · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#152b78

RGB

rgb(21, 43, 120)

HSL

hsl(226.7, 70.2%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(226.7, 82.5%, 47.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(82.5%, 64.2%, 0%, 52.9%)

LAB

lab(20.99, 22.27, -46.29)

LCH

lch(20.99, 51.37, 295.69)

OKLCH

oklch(32.7%, 0.1342, 266.41)

HWB

hwb(226.7, 8.2%, 52.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#786215

Analogous

#155c78

#152b78

#301578

Triadic

#152b78

#78152b

#2b7815

Split-complementary

#152b78

#783015

#5c7815

Tetradic

#152b78

#621578

#786215

#2b7815

Square

#152b78

#78155c

#786215

#157830

Shades

Color #152b78 mixed toward black.

#112464

#0e1d50

#0a153c

#070e28

#030714

Tints

Color #152b78 mixed toward white.

#1e3eac

#2e54da

#627fe3

#96a9ed

#cbd4f6

Tones

Color #152b78 mixed toward gray.

#1d2f70

#253467

#2e395f

#363d57

#3e424f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

12.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.65:1

White text reads better on this background (12.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#20216b · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#1f1d68 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#17605d · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#323232 · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #152b78;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#152b78]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#152b78 (#152b78) is rgb(21, 43, 120) in RGB.

No, #152b78 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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