Information about #02156D color

#02156D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#02156D falls into the Blue Color Family — Full Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(2, 21, 109) — 0.8% red, 8.2% green, 42.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 42 / 35 / 0 / 57. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#02156D is a maximally vivid blue that leans clearly toward the dark side. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Colin's Blue (#042069). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Union Jack Blue (#012169) and Dark Royal Blue (#02066F).

In RGB terms — rgb(2, 21, 109) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #02156D: 15.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for black. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #02156D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#02156D color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#02156D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#02156D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#02156D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#02156D color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#02156D color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#4C6E02
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#6E2402
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#024C6E
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#6E0216
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#166E02
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#5A026E
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#166E02
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#026E24
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Nearest named colors to #02156D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Colin's Blue color link
Colin's Blue

#042069

Union Jack Blue color link
Union Jack Blue

#012169

Dark Royal Blue color link
Dark Royal Blue

#02066F

Dark Imperial Blue color link
Dark Imperial Blue

#00147E

Rich Deep Blue color link
Rich Deep Blue

#0B2275

Rho is .002378 color link
Rho is .002378

#002378

Deep Sapphire color link
Deep Sapphire

#082567

Neon Dark Blue color link
Neon Dark Blue

#000370

Acceptance color link
Acceptance

#001B7F

Deep Blue color link
Deep Blue

#040273

Deep Sapphire Blue color link
Deep Sapphire Blue

#001659

Penn Blue color link
Penn Blue

#011F5B

#02156D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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#02156D color image #02156D color solid HD wallpaper 1170x2532 (Mobile)

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#02156D
  • RGB2, 21, 109
  • CMYK42, 35, 0, 57
  • CSSrgb(2, 21, 109)
  • HSL229°, 96%, 22%
  • HSL Precise229.346°, 96.396%, 21.765%
  • HSV229°, 98%, 43%
  • HSB229°, 98%, 43%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.427
  • GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.082, 0.427)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.082, 0.427, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.082, 0.427)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB8.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB42.7%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • HEX ID02156D
  • DECIMAL ID136557
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers7 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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