#152EFFVivid Blue (#152EFF) is a dark, vivid blue with an OKLCH hue of 266°, lightness 0.48 and chroma 0.292. 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.
| HEX | #152EFF |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(21, 46, 255) |
| HSL | hsl(234, 100%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(234, 92%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(92%, 82%, 0%, 0%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(36.6 67.3 -100.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.482 0.292 266) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Vivid Blue 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 ≈ 2.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#2833f0 — ΔE 2.7, shifts noticeably: leans toward purple, loses intensity#2032fb — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#152eff — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#122dff — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Vivid Blue in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 7.33:1 and against black 2.87:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
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.
#8db0ff · #5282ff · #152eff · #0e00d1 · #05007d · #010034
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.
#008cc0 · #0072c3 · #152eff · #4800d0 · #4f0095 · #480062
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.
#e295fb · #d74fff · #9e5bb3 · #152eff · #0c12c4 · #060087
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.
#f5ba00 · #739bfa · #657db3 · #152eff · #173494 · #0c1e55
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#fef0d3 · #a1b3d9 · #817763 · #152eff · #33446b · #0e0600
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.
#f7f1e6 · #d1cbbe · #a8a193 · #362e1c · #150c00 · #152eff
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#fff0d2 · #e0aa00 · #977200 · #152eff · #594200 · #010017
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#dce1bc · #e6b993 · #6c7c48 · #152eff · #5e413e · #130627
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ffedeb · #ff8e85 · #00922a · #152eff · #005614 · #080000
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ffecf2 · #ff85b7 · #977200 · #152eff · #005244 · #0e0600
#3161FF · #5685FF · #7CA3FF · #A2BFFF · #C9DAFF
#101BDE · #0C01BE · #070097 · #040071 · #02004D
#1F48DD · #3054BC · #415B9A
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.