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#151CE6

#151ce6 ≈ Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#151ce6 is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.24% red, 10.98% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.87% cyan, 87.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 237.99°, 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 8.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Blue (#0000ff), ΔE 2.74.

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Web safe#0033ff
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Relative luminance0.067

Complementary

  1. #151ce6
  2. #e6df15

Split complementary

  1. #151ce6
  2. #e67715
  3. #85e615

Analogous

  1. #1585e6
  2. #151ce6
  3. #7715e6

Triadic

  1. #151ce6
  2. #e6151c
  3. #1ce615

Tetradic

  1. #151ce6
  2. #df15e6
  3. #e6df15
  4. #1ce615

Square

  1. #151ce6
  2. #e61585
  3. #e6df15
  4. #15e677

Monochromatic

  1. #080b5a
  2. #0f13a0
  3. #151ce6
  4. #585df0
  5. #9ea1f6

Shades

#151ce6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #151ce6
  2. #1319cf
  3. #1116b8
  4. #0f14a1
  5. #0d118a
  6. #0b0e73
  7. #080b5c
  8. #060845
  9. #04062e
  10. #020317
  11. #000000

Tints

#151ce6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #151ce6
  2. #2c33e9
  3. #4449eb
  4. #5b60ee
  5. #7377f0
  6. #8a8ef3
  7. #a1a4f5
  8. #b9bbf8
  9. #d0d2fa
  10. #e8e8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#151ce6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #151ce6
  2. #2026dc
  3. #2a30d2
  4. #353ac7
  5. #4044bd
  6. #4b4eb3
  7. #5558a9
  8. #60629f
  9. #6b6c94
  10. #75768a
  11. #808080

Readable text 8.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #494949 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #3b3ca1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0054eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #003ee3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #006489 ≈ 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-151ce6 {
  color: #151ce6;
}
Background
.bg-151ce6 {
  background-color: #151ce6;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-151ce6 {
  border: 2px solid #151ce6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #151ce6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 28 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 238 83% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-151ce6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #151ce6, #7715e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-151ce6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 28 230 / 0.35);
}

#0000ff Blue ΔE 2.74 #3f00ff Ultramarine ΔE 4.06 #0000cd Medium Blue ΔE 4.87 #5218fa Han Purple ΔE 5.23 #1c39bb Persian Blue ΔE 7.29 #6f00ff Electric Indigo ΔE 8.20 #0014a8 Zaffre ΔE 8.45 #eae319 Inverted #494949 Grayscale 

Blue
#151ce6  rgb(21, 28, 230)  hsl(238, 83%, 49%)  Blue
#e6df15  rgb(230, 223, 21)  hsl(58, 83%, 49%)  Titanium Yellow
#e6151c  rgb(230, 21, 28)  hsl(358, 83%, 49%)  Lust
#1ce615  rgb(28, 230, 21)  hsl(118, 83%, 49%)  Lime