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#0f2f9b

a dark, electric blue · cool · closest name: Dark Slate Blue

Token name suggestion: Slate Sapphire

RGB
15, 47, 155
HSL
226°, 82%, 33%
CMYK
90, 70, 0, 39
Luminance
0.0450

#0f2f9b is a dark electric blue, 226° on the wheel and 91/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (11.05:1). As text it scores 11.05:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Slate Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(226 82% 33%)rgb(15 47 155)Base step 800AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #0f2f9b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#0f2f9b
Hue
226°
blue
Saturation
82%
electric
Lightness
33%
dark
Brightness
61%
HSV value
Perceived
25%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0450
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
91/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
11.05:1
Closest name
Dark Slate Blue
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
69.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.369
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
indigo
500 · ΔE 21.3
Web-safe
#003399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue226° of 360°
Saturation82%
Lightness33%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #0f2f9b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool91% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red2%
Green45%
Blue53%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#0f2f9b
HEX (8-digit)#0f2f9bff
RGBrgb(15, 47, 155)
RGBArgba(15, 47, 155, 1)
HSLhsl(226, 82%, 33%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226, 90%, 61%)
HWBhwb(226 6% 39%)
CMYKcmyk(90%, 70%, 0%, 39%)
LABlab(25.3 33.0 -61.1)
LCHlch(25.3 69.5 298.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.369 0.178 265.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(7.13, 4.50, 31.50)
Decimal995227
Display P3color(display-p3 0.059 0.184 0.608)
Web-safe#003399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #0f2f9b;
background-color: #0f2f9b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #0f2f9b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#0f2f9b] bg-[#0f2f9b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #0f2f9b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.059, green: 0.184, blue: 0.608)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.059, green: 0.184, blue: 0.608, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#0F2F9B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF0F2F9B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF0F2F9B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(155, 47, 15)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(15, 47, 155)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(15, 47, 155)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 15, 47, 155)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0588f, 0.1843f, 0.6078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{15,47,155}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #0f2f9b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #0f2f9b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0B2374, #D3D9EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #0f2f9b h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2F5FC;
  --brand-100: #E6EAFA;
  --brand-200: #C6D1F6;
  --brand-300: #99AEF5;
  --brand-400: #6685F0;
  --brand-500: #325DEB;
  --brand-600: #1644DF;
  --brand-700: #1238BA;
  --brand-800: #0f2f9b;
  --brand-900: #0F246C;
  --brand-950: #091643;
  --brand: #0f2f9b;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F6FA;
  --brand-border: #C0CAED;
  --brand-hover: #0C257A;
  --brand-pressed: #091B5A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141724;
    --brand-ink: #D3D9EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2F5FC',
        100: '#E6EAFA',
        200: '#C6D1F6',
        300: '#99AEF5',
        400: '#6685F0',
        500: '#325DEB',
        600: '#1644DF',
        700: '#1238BA',
        800: '#0f2f9b',
        900: '#0F246C',
        950: '#091643',
        DEFAULT: '#0f2f9b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2F5FC,
  '100': #E6EAFA,
  '200': #C6D1F6,
  '300': #99AEF5,
  '400': #6685F0,
  '500': #325DEB,
  '600': #1644DF,
  '700': #1238BA,
  '800': #0f2f9b,
  '900': #0F246C,
  '950': #091643,
);
$brand-base: #0f2f9b;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2F5FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6EAFA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C6D1F6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#99AEF5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6685F0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#325DEB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1644DF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1238BA", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0f2f9b", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0F246C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#091643", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #0f2f9b · 11.05:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 11.05:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 1.90:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #0f2f9b as text scores 11.05:1 on white and 1.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E8EDFD at 9.45:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#0f2f9b · 11.05:1
AA on whitealready passes
#0f2f9b
The quick fox
#0f2f9b · 11.05:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#0f2f9b
The quick fox
#466CED · 4.63:1
AA on black+27% L
#466CED
The quick fox
#7591F2 · 7.09:1
AAA on black+37% L
#7591F2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #0F2F9B is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#0f2f9b on white: 11.05:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#0f2f9b on black: 1.90:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #0f2f9b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #0f2f9b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White11.05:1AaAa
Slate 5010.56:1AaAa
Slate 10010.09:1AaAa
Slate 2008.96:1AaAa
Slate 3007.44:1AaAa
Slate 4004.31:1AaAa
Slate 5002.32:1AaAa
Slate 6001.46:1AaAa
Slate 7001.07:1AaAa
Slate 8001.32:1AaAa
Slate 9001.62:1AaAa
Black1.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #00439E
deuteranopia · #003599
tritanopia · #004D61

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #0f2f9b is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2F5FC
#E6EAFA
#C6D1F6
#99AEF5
#6685F0
#325DEB
#1644DF
#1238BA
#0f2f9b
#0F246C
#091643
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F2F5FCDarkest = 950 · #091643Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.044 265.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.071 265.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.107 265.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.139 265.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.164 265.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.178 265.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.178 265.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.167 265.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.150 265.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.125 265.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.098 265.0);
}

Colors that work with #0f2f9b

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F6FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0CAED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B5D9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#9E580C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0B2374
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8EDFD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141724
Dark-mode background
Hover#0C257A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#091B5A
Two steps down
Disabled#747FA6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#072FB7
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #0f2f9b

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight67/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#9B7B0F
Analogous left#0F759B
Analogous right#350F9B
Split-complement 1#9B350F
Split-complement 2#759B0F
Triadic 1#9B0F2F
Triadic 2#2F9B0F
Tetradic#9B0F75
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°226°

#0f2f9b sits at 226°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red5.9%
Green18.4%
Blue60.8%
R · 0–255
15
0x0f
G · 0–255
47
0x2f
B · 0–255
155
0x9b

CMYK percentages

Cyan90.3%
Magenta69.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)39.2%

Total ink coverage is 199%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#0f2f9b text on a black background

contrast 1.90:1

Card sample

#0f2f9b text on a white background

contrast 11.05:1

Card sample

#0f2f9b on grey

10.09:1

#0f2f9b on its own surface

10.21:1

#0f2f9b on its dark surface

1.61:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #0f2f9b;
Background color
Panel with #0f2f9b background
background-color: #0f2f9b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #0f2f9b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(15, 47, 155, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(15, 47, 155, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #0f2f9b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0f2f9b, #4C0F9B);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #0f2f9b, #6F0F9B);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #0f2f9b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #0f2f9b;
caret-color: #0f2f9b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #0f2f9b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8EDFD;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #0f2f9b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#0f2f9b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #0f2f9b over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(15, 47, 155, 0.5)
rgb(15 47 155 / 50%)
#0f2f9b80
hsl(226 82% 33% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #0f2f9b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#0f2f9b1a#E7EAF5
20%#0f2f9b33#CFD5EB
40%#0f2f9b66#9FACD7
60%#0f2f9b99#6F82C3
80%#0f2f9bcc#3F59AF

Gradients from #0f2f9b

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1440D3, #0f2f9b 45%, #0B2374);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #0f2f9b, #480C7F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #0f2f9b, #9B7B0F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #1C4BE9 0%, #0f2f9b 45%, #0B2374 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F6FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #13A7C9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4C12B7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0B2374 0%, transparent 65%), #0f2f9b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #0f2f9b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#0f2f9b in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very dark values collapse into each other on cheap panels — leave more lightness between your darkest steps than the numbers suggest.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 1.90:1 — lift it to #466CED for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#0f2f9b, answered

What color is #0f2f9b?

#0f2f9b is a dark electric blue, closest to Dark Slate Blue (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 226° on the hue wheel with 82% saturation and 33% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #0f2f9b?

rgb(15, 47, 155) — 15 red, 47 green and 155 blue out of 255, or 5.9% / 18.4% / 60.8% by channel.

What is #0f2f9b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(226, 82%, 33%) and hsv(226, 90%, 61%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #0f2f9b a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0450 and perceived brightness is 25%, so white text on it reaches 11.05:1.

Should I use black or white text on #0f2f9b?

White. It scores 11.05:1 against #0f2f9b, versus 1.90:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #0f2f9b accessible on a white background?

#0f2f9b on white scores 11.05:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #0f2f9b?

#9B7B0F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9B350F and #759B0F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #0f2f9b?

For interface work: #F4F6FA as the surface, #C0CAED for borders, #4B5D9B for secondary text, #9E580C as an accent and #0B2374 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #0F759B and #350F9B stays calm, while #9B7B0F is the loudest partner.

What is #0f2f9b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(90%, 70%, 0%, 39%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #0f2f9b warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 91 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #220F9B; nudged cooler, #0D429D.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #0f2f9b?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 21.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #0f2f9b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #0f2f9b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#0f2f9b] or text-[#0f2f9b], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #0f2f9b with 50% opacity?

rgba(15, 47, 155, 0.5), or #0f2f9b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #8797CD; over black, #08184E.

Is #0f2f9b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #003399, ΔE2000 1.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #0f2f9b mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #0f2f9b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #1440D3, #0f2f9b 45%, #0B2374). For more colour, a short hue run to #480C7F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #0f2f9b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #0f2f9b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.