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#151BE6

#151be6 ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#151be6 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.24% red, 10.59% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.87% cyan, 88.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 238.28°, with 83.27% saturation and 49.22% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#0033ff
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Relative luminance0.0666

Complementary

  1. #151be6
  2. #e6e015

Split complementary

  1. #151be6
  2. #e67815
  3. #84e615

Analogous

  1. #1584e6
  2. #151be6
  3. #7815e6

Triadic

  1. #151be6
  2. #e6151b
  3. #1be615

Tetradic

  1. #151be6
  2. #e015e6
  3. #e6e015
  4. #1be615

Square

  1. #151be6
  2. #e61584
  3. #e6e015
  4. #15e678

Monochromatic

  1. #080b5a
  2. #0f13a0
  3. #151be6
  4. #585cf0
  5. #9ea0f6

Shades

#151be6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #151be6
  2. #1318cf
  3. #1116b8
  4. #0f13a1
  5. #0d108a
  6. #0b0e73
  7. #080b5c
  8. #060845
  9. #04052e
  10. #020317
  11. #000000

Tints

#151be6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #151be6
  2. #2c32e9
  3. #4449eb
  4. #5b5fee
  5. #7376f0
  6. #8a8df3
  7. #a1a4f5
  8. #b9bbf8
  9. #d0d1fa
  10. #e8e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#151be6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #151be6
  2. #2025dc
  3. #2a2fd2
  4. #3539c7
  5. #4043bd
  6. #4b4eb3
  7. #5558a9
  8. #60629f
  9. #6b6c94
  10. #75768a
  11. #808080

Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3a3ba1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0054eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003de3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006488 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #0044e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #0033e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0050b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-151be6 {
  color: #151be6;
}
Background
.bg-151be6 {
  background-color: #151be6;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-151be6 {
  border: 2px solid #151be6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #151be6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 27 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 83% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-151be6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #151be6, #7815e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-151be6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 27 230 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.71 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.05 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.78 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.26 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.37 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.22 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.40 #eae419 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#151be6  rgb(21, 27, 230)  hsl(238, 83%, 49%)  Blue
#e6e015  rgb(230, 224, 21)  hsl(58, 83%, 49%)  Titanium Yellow
#e6151b  rgb(230, 21, 27)  hsl(358, 83%, 49%)  Lust
#1be615  rgb(27, 230, 21)  hsl(118, 83%, 49%)  Lime