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#102fd2

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

RGB
16, 47, 210
HSL
230°, 86%, 44%
CMYK
92, 78, 0, 18
Luminance
0.0680

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #102fd2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#102fd2
Hue
230°
blue
Saturation
86%
electric
Lightness
44%
dark
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
31%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0680
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
89/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
8.90:1
Closest name
Blue
ΔE2000 6.1
Where it sits
Hue230° of 360°
Saturation86%
Lightness44%
Temperature
Warm ← → Cool89% cool

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

Every format

HEX#102fd2
RGBrgb(16, 47, 210)
HSLhsl(230, 86%, 44%)
CMYKcmyk(92%, 78%, 0%, 18%)
LABlab(31.3 52.6 -83.8)
LCHlch(31.3 99.0 302.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.430 0.244 265.4)
Decimal1060818
Display P3color(display-p3 0.063 0.184 0.824)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #102fd2;
background-color: #102fd2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#102fd2] bg-[#102fd2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #102fd2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.063, green: 0.184, blue: 0.824)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#102fd2")
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF102FD2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(210, 47, 16)

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 #102fd2 · 8.90:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
White text · 8.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #102fd2 as text scores 8.90:1 on white and 2.36:1 on black.

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#102fd2 on white: 8.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#102fd2 on black: 2.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia · #0053D7
deuteranopia · #0040CF
tritanopia · #006280

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #102fd2 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2F4FD
#E5E9FA
#C5CDF7
#97A6F7
#637AF3
#2F4DEF
#102fd2
#0E2ABE
#0C2298
#0D1C6E
#081244
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F2F4FDDarkest = 950 · #081244
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2F4FD;
  --brand-100: #E5E9FA;
  --brand-200: #C5CDF7;
  --brand-300: #97A6F7;
  --brand-400: #637AF3;
  --brand-500: #2F4DEF;
  --brand-600: #102fd2;
  --brand-700: #0E2ABE;
  --brand-800: #0C2298;
  --brand-900: #0D1C6E;
  --brand-950: #081244;
  --brand: #102fd2;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
}

Colors that work with #102fd2

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#F4F5FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C7ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B579B
Captions on the surface
Accent#C1760B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#091B76
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7EBFD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141624
Dark-mode background
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

How to use #102fd2

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

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#D2B310
Analogous left#1090D2
Analogous right#5210D2
Split-complement 1#D25210
Split-complement 2#90D210
Triadic 1#D2102F
Triadic 2#2FD210
Tetradic#D21090

RGB percentages

Red6.3%
Green18.4%
Blue82.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan92.4%
Magenta77.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)17.6%

Color previews

#102fd2 text on a black background

contrast 2.36:1

Card sample

#102fd2 text on a white background

contrast 8.90:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #102fd2;
Background color
Panel with #102fd2 background
background-color: #102fd2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #102fd2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(16, 47, 210, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(16, 47, 210, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #102fd2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #102fd2, #7210D2);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #102fd2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

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.

#102fd2 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.

#102fd2, answered

What color is #102fd2?

#102fd2 is a dark electric blue, closest to Blue (ΔE2000 6.1). It sits at 230° on the hue wheel with 86% saturation and 44% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #102fd2?

rgb(16, 47, 210) — 16 red, 47 green and 210 blue out of 255, or 6.3% / 18.4% / 82.4% by channel.

Is #102fd2 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0680 and perceived brightness is 31%, so white text on it reaches 8.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #102fd2?

White. It scores 8.90:1 against #102fd2, versus 2.36:1 for black — AAA at any size.

What is the complementary color of #102fd2?

#D2B310 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D25210 and #90D210, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #102fd2?

For interface work: #F4F5FA as the surface, #C0C7ED for borders, #4B579B for secondary text, #C1760B as an accent and #091B76 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #1090D2 and #5210D2 stays calm, while #D2B310 is the loudest partner.

What is #102fd2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(92%, 78%, 0%, 18%). 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 #102fd2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 89 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #3810D2; nudged cooler, #0E4CD4.

Work with #102fd2 in the Color Lab