Information about #153D51 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#153D51 presents itself as a clearly saturated steel-blue azure — one that stays on the darker end of the scale. In practice it works well for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Barometer (#11394C). Slightly further away sit Nationalist Blue (#174358) and Dark Blue Grey (#1F3B4D).
In RGB terms — rgb(21, 61, 81) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #153D51: 11.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:68) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#153D51 color variations
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#153D51 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#153D51 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#153D51 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#153D51 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#153D51 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #153D51 color
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Nearest named colors to #153D51
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#11394C
#174358
#1F3B4D
#203F58
#1E385B
#184343
#0F4645
#253F4E
#214559
#253C48
#21425F
#192C49
#153D51 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#153D51
- RGB21, 61, 81
- CMYK24, 8, 0, 68
- CSSrgb(21, 61, 81)
- HSL200°, 59%, 20%
- HSL Precise200°, 58.824%, 20%
- HSV200°, 74%, 32%
- HSB200°, 74%, 32%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.082
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.239
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.318
- GLSLvec3(0.082, 0.239, 0.318)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.082, 0.239, 0.318, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.082, 0.239, 0.318)
- Percentage of Red in RGB8.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB23.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB31.8%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID153D51
- DECIMAL ID1391953
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
