#156beb

Color #156beb

A vivid, highly saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Royal Blue #4169e1 · ΔE 5.82 Nearest Tailwind class blue-600 #155dfc · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#156beb

RGB

rgb(21, 107, 235)

HSL

hsl(215.9, 84.3%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.9, 91.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(91.1%, 54.5%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(47.84, 24.95, -70.93)

LCH

lch(47.84, 75.19, 289.38)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.2085, 259.61)

HWB

hwb(215.9, 8.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb9515

Analogous

#15d6eb

#156beb

#2a15eb

Triadic

#156beb

#eb156b

#6beb15

Split-complementary

#156beb

#eb2a15

#d6eb15

Tetradic

#156beb

#9515eb

#eb9515

#6beb15

Square

#156beb

#eb15d6

#eb9515

#15eb2a

Shades

Color #156beb mixed toward black.

#1159c5

#0d479d

#0a3576

#07244f

#031227

Tints

Color #156beb mixed toward white.

#3c84ee

#639cf2

#8ab5f5

#b1cef8

#d8e6fc

Tones

Color #156beb mixed toward gray.

#276ed9

#3972c7

#4a75b6

#5c79a4

#6e7d92

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.33:1

White text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4a4ad5 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#453fcf · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#20c1bd · ΔE 40.4

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 27.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #156beb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#156beb]

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

#156beb (#156beb) is rgb(21, 107, 235) in RGB.

No, #156beb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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