Ultramarine #1805DB

Ultramarine (#1805DB) is a dark, vivid blue with an OKLCH hue of 267°, lightness 0.41 and chroma 0.274. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#1805DB
RGBrgb(24, 5, 219)
HSLhsl(245, 96%, 44%)
HSVhsv(245, 98%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(89%, 98%, 0%, 14%)
CIE Lablab(27.9 69.8 -94.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.410 0.274 267)

How Ultramarine behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Ultramarine shifts noticeably: leans toward purple, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 10.08:1 and against black 2.08:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Ultramarine

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#6e95ff · #3862fe · #1805db · #0e009d · #030050 · #010013

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#0075a3 · #005ca4 · #1805db · #3800a0 · #39006c · #300041

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#c980dd · #c425e8 · #874897 · #1805db · #0d0098 · #040059

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#f3bb00 · #6385dc · #536799 · #1805db · #0d1e78 · #030b3e

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fdf1d5 · #98a7cb · #6b6250 · #1805db · #233154 · #0a0400

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f6f1e6 · #d0cbbe · #a6a091 · #332b19 · #110900 · #1805db

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#fff1d0 · #d0a000 · #7d5e00 · #1805db · #423000 · #010013

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#fff1d0 · #f88500 · #606b00 · #1805db · #502600 · #010100

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ffedeb · #ff786d · #007928 · #1805db · #003f10 · #080000

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffecf2 · #ff6daa · #7d5e00 · #1805db · #003d32 · #0a0400

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#284BEB · #4771F9 · #6E95FF · #99B6FF · #C4D6FF

Shades

#1300BC · #0E009C · #09007E · #050061 · #030046

Muted

#1930BC · #243F9E · #324780

Using Ultramarine

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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