Information about #151C01 color

#151C01 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#151C01 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Dark brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(21, 28, 1) — 8.2% red, 11% green, 0.4% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 3 / 0 / 11 / 89. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A maximally vivid zesty chartreuse, #151C01 sits very close to black. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Very Deep Chartreuse Green (#0E1D00). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Very Deep Olive (#1D1D00) and Acadia (#1B1404).

The recipe behind #151C01 is rgb(21, 28, 1), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #151C01: 17.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.2:1 for black. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:89), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #151C01 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#151C01 color variations

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

#151C01 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #151C01

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#151C01
  • RGB21, 28, 1
  • CMYK3, 0, 11, 89
  • CSSrgb(21, 28, 1)
  • HSL76°, 93%, 6%
  • HSL Precise75.556°, 93.103%, 5.686%
  • HSV76°, 96%, 11%
  • HSB76°, 96%, 11%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.082
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.004
  • GLSLvec3(0.082, 0.110, 0.004)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.082, 0.110, 0.004, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.082, 0.110, 0.004)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB8.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB11%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB0.4%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Dark
  • HEX ID151C01
  • DECIMAL ID1383425
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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