#152d51

Color #152d51

A moderately saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 21 Nearest Tailwind class blue-950 #162456 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#152d51

RGB

rgb(21, 45, 81)

HSL

hsl(216, 58.8%, 20%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216, 74.1%, 31.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.1%, 44.4%, 0%, 68.2%)

LAB

lab(18.5, 4.48, -24.8)

LCH

lch(18.5, 25.2, 280.24)

OKLCH

oklch(29.9%, 0.0722, 258.41)

HWB

hwb(216, 8.2%, 68.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#513915

Analogous

#154b51

#152d51

#1b1551

Triadic

#152d51

#51152d

#2d5115

Split-complementary

#152d51

#511b15

#4b5115

Tetradic

#152d51

#391551

#513915

#2d5115

Square

#152d51

#51154b

#513915

#15511b

Shades

Color #152d51 mixed toward black.

#122643

#0e1e36

#0b1728

#070f1b

#04080d

Tints

Color #152d51 mixed toward white.

#234b87

#3169bd

#5d8dd5

#93b3e3

#c9d9f1

Tones

Color #152d51 mixed toward gray.

#1a2e4c

#1f2f47

#243042

#29313d

#2e3238

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

13.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.53:1

White text reads better on this background (13.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#22224a · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#201e48 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#174443 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#2d2d2d · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #152d51;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#152d51]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#152d51 (#152d51) is rgb(21, 45, 81) in RGB.

No, #152d51 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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