Named colour

Woad Blue #1560bd

The blue of ancient warriors.

Token name suggestion: Shadow Harbour

RGB

21, 96, 189

HSL

213°, 80%, 41%

CMYK

89, 49, 0, 26

Luminance

0.1220

#1560bd is a dark electric blue, 213° on the wheel and 98/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.10:1). As text it scores 6.10:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Royal Blue, nearest Tailwind family is indigo.

hsl(213 80% 41%)rgb(21 96 189)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #1560bd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex

#1560bd

Hue

213°

blue

Saturation

80%

electric

Lightness

41%

dark

Brightness

74%

HSV value

Perceived

38%

weighted brightness

Luminance

0.1220

WCAG relative

Temperature

Cool

98/100 cool

Color family

Blue

Tone

Electric

Best ink

White

6.10:1

Closest name

Royal Blue

ΔE2000 7.4

Chroma

56.6

LCH, 0–130ish

OKLCH L

0.500

perceptual lightness

Tailwind

indigo

500 · ΔE 12.8

Web-safe

#0066CC

nearest of 216

Where it sits

Hue213° of 360°

Saturation80%

Lightness41%

Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #1560bd.

Temperature

Warm ← → Cool98% cool

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

Warmer#1522BD This color#1560bd Cooler#1156A8

Luminance by channel

Red1%

Green69%

Blue30%

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

About Woad Blue

Woad blue, #1560bd, is Europe’s ancient indigo — the blue dye from the woad plant that (legend says) painted Celtic and Pictish warriors before battle, and clothed the medieval world in blue before imported indigo arrived.

History

Woad was Europe’s native blue dye for millennia — Julius Caesar wrote of Britons dyed blue with it. It built the fortunes of medieval dyeing towns until cheaper Asian indigo (the same chemical, stronger) displaced it in the 1600s.

Psychology

A deep denim-like blue reads ancient, martial and earthy — the blue of warriors and homespun cloth. It carries a wilder, older heritage than refined pigment blues, the color of pre-industrial Europe.

In design

A denim-toned blue (5.6:1 — text-capable) of folk heritage. The plant-dye lesson: before synthetic and mineral blues, whole civilizations dyed with PLANTS — woad, indigo, weld — agriculture as the original color industry.

In culture

Blue-painted Pictish warriors (per Caesar), medieval woad-town fortunes, the plant that dyed a continent: Europe’s ancient blue.

Brands that own woad blue

Denim#1560bd Indigo#4b0082 Navy#000080 Cobalt#0047ab Steel blue#4682b4

Shades of woad blue

Denim Indigo Navy Steel blue Cobalt Prussian Sapphire Sky blue

Every format

HEX	#1560bd
HEX (8-digit)	#1560bdff
RGB	rgb(21, 96, 189)
RGBA	rgba(21, 96, 189, 1)
HSL	hsl(213, 80%, 41%)
HSV / HSB	hsv(213, 89%, 74%)
HWB	hwb(213 8% 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(89%, 49%, 0%, 26%)
LAB	lab(41.5 14.0 -54.9)
LCH	lch(41.5 56.6 284.3)
OKLCH	oklch(0.500 0.162 256.9)
XYZ (D65)	xyz(13.67, 12.20, 49.77)
Decimal	1401021
Display P3	color(display-p3 0.082 0.376 0.741)
Web-safe	#0066CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select

/* CSS */
color: #1560bd;
background-color: #1560bd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #1560bd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#1560bd] bg-[#1560bd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #1560bd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.082, green: 0.376, blue: 0.741)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.082, green: 0.376, blue: 0.741, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#1560BD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF1560BD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF1560BD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(189, 96, 21)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(21, 96, 189)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(21, 96, 189)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 21, 96, 189)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0824f, 0.3765f, 0.7412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{21,96,189}

modern cssclick to select

/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #1560bd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #1560bd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0D3A73, #D3DFEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #1560bd 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: #F3F7FC;
  --brand-100: #E6EFF9;
  --brand-200: #C7DBF5;
  --brand-300: #9AC2F4;
  --brand-400: #68A4EE;
  --brand-500: #3585E9;
  --brand-600: #1870DC;
  --brand-700: #1560bd;
  --brand-800: #104B93;
  --brand-900: #10386A;
  --brand-950: #0A2342;
  --brand: #1560bd;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F7FA;
  --brand-border: #C0D4ED;
  --brand-hover: #11509D;
  --brand-pressed: #0E3F7D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141B24;
    --brand-ink: #D3DFEE;
  }
}

tailwind.config.jsclick to select

theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3F7FC',
        100: '#E6EFF9',
        200: '#C7DBF5',
        300: '#9AC2F4',
        400: '#68A4EE',
        500: '#3585E9',
        600: '#1870DC',
        700: '#1560bd',
        800: '#104B93',
        900: '#10386A',
        950: '#0A2342',
        DEFAULT: '#1560bd',
      },
    },
  },
}

scss mapclick to select

$brand: (
  '50': #F3F7FC,
  '100': #E6EFF9,
  '200': #C7DBF5,
  '300': #9AC2F4,
  '400': #68A4EE,
  '500': #3585E9,
  '600': #1870DC,
  '700': #1560bd,
  '800': #104B93,
  '900': #10386A,
  '950': #0A2342,
);
$brand-base: #1560bd;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }

w3c design tokens (json)click to select

{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3F7FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6EFF9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C7DBF5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9AC2F4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#68A4EE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3585E9", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1870DC", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1560bd", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#104B93", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#10386A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0A2342", "$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 #1560bd · 6.10:1

Use #ffffff — AA at every size, AAA for large text only.

12px

16px

24px

White text · 6.10:1 · recommended

AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Black text · 3.44:1

AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Reading the other direction: #1560bd as text scores 6.10:1 on white and 3.44:1 on black.

Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #E8F1FC at 5.35:1.

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

#1560bd · 6.10:1

AA on whitealready passes

#1560bd

The quick fox

#1357AB · 7.05:1

AAA on white−4% L

#1357AB

The quick fox

#1973E2 · 4.59:1

AA on black+8% L

#1973E2

The quick fox

#5699EC · 7.16:1

AAA on black+22% L

#5699EC

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #1560BD 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

#1560bd on white: 6.10:1

AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✗

#1560bd on black: 3.44:1

AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✗

Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #1560bd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #1560bd.

Neutral	Ratio	Verdict	Both directions
White#ffffff	6.10:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 50#f8fafc	5.83:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 100#f1f5f9	5.57:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 200#e2e8f0	4.95:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 300#cbd5e1	4.11:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 400#94a3b8	2.38:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 500#64748b	1.28:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 600#475569	1.24:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 700#334155	1.70:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 800#1e293b	2.40:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 900#0f172a	2.92:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Black#000000	3.44:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa

Colour vision deficiency

true color

protanopia · #276AC0

deuteranopia · #005BBB

tritanopia · #007785

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. #1560bd is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

50 100 200 300 400 500 600 700base 800 900 950

#F3F7FC

#E6EFF9

#C7DBF5

#9AC2F4

#68A4EE

#3585E9

#1870DC

#1560bd

#104B93

#10386A

#0A2342

Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F3F7FCDarkest = 950 · #0A2342Text step on white = 600

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 0.041 256.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.065 256.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.097 256.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.127 256.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.149 256.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.162 256.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.162 256.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.153 256.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.136 256.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.114 256.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.089 256.9);
}

Colors that work with #1560bd

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#F4F7FA

Tinted page background

Border#C0D4ED

Hairlines and dividers

Muted text#4B6E9B

Captions on the surface

Accent#C14611

Second voice, not a rival

Dark variant#0D3A73

Hover, pressed, headers

Light variant#E8F1FC

Selected rows, tints

Dark surface#141B24

Dark-mode background

Hover#11509D

One step down in lightness

Pressed#0E3F7D

Two steps down

Disabled#8D9FB6

Chroma pulled out

Focus ring#0C68DB

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

Work email

you@company.com

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

Send me product updates

Notice

Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft

Data

Storage used68%

Acme LtdActive

NorthwindTrial

GlobexActive

How to use #1560bd

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

⚠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
Weight59/100
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.

Lighter#3183E8 Darker#0E3F7D More saturated#025ED0 Less saturated#2862AA Warmer#1522BD Cooler#1156A8 Softer#3F72B2 Richer#0050B4 Hue −20°#1598BD Hue −10°#157CBD Hue +10°#1544BD Hue +20°#1528BD

Color relationships

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

Complementary	#BD7215	Directly opposite — maximum tension
Analogous left	#15B4BD	Neighbour, quieter
Analogous right	#1E15BD	Neighbour, quieter
Split-complement 1	#BD1E15	Contrast without the clash
Split-complement 2	#B4BD15	Contrast without the clash
Triadic 1	#BD1560	Even thirds — balanced and loud
Triadic 2	#60BD15	Even thirds — balanced and loud
Tetradic	#BD15B4	Fourth corner of the square scheme

On the wheel

#1560bd sits at 213°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red8.2%

Green37.6%

Blue74.1%

R · 0–255

0x15

G · 0–255

0x60

B · 0–255

189

0xbd

CMYK percentages

Cyan88.9%

Magenta49.2%

Yellow0.0%

Key (black)25.9%

Total ink coverage is 164%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#1560bd text on a black background

contrast 3.44:1

Card sample

#1560bd text on a white background

contrast 6.10:1

Card sample

#1560bd on grey

5.57:1

#1560bd on its own surface

5.68:1

#1560bd on its dark surface

2.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #1560bd;

Background color

Panel with #1560bd background

background-color: #1560bd;

Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #1560bd;

Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(21, 96, 189, 0.45);

Div box shadow

Elevated card

box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(21, 96, 189, 0.45);

Border & gradient

Gradient panel

border: 3px solid #1560bd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1560bd, #3A15BD);

Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1560bd, #6415BD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;

Focus ring

Focused control

outline: 2px solid #1560bd;
outline-offset: 3px;

Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #1560bd;
caret-color: #1560bd;

Left rule

Pull quote or callout

border-left: 4px solid #1560bd;

Ring + tint

Selected chip

background: #E8F1FC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #1560bd;

Conic badge

68%

background: conic-gradient(#1560bd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #1560bd over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

5%10%15%20%30%40%50%60%75%90%100%

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(21, 96, 189, 0.5)
rgb(21 96 189 / 50%)
#1560bd80
hsl(213 80% 41% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #1560bd 50%, transparent)

Alpha	8-digit hex	Flat on white
10%	#1560bd1a	#E8EFF8
20%	#1560bd33	#D0DFF2
40%	#1560bd66	#A1BFE5
60%	#1560bd99	#73A0D7
80%	#1560bdcc	#4480CA

Gradients from #1560bd

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, #287DE7, #1560bd 45%, #0D3A73);

Duotone

A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill

background: linear-gradient(120deg, #1560bd, #3E12A2);

Complement sweep

Loud — keep it behind large type only

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #1560bd, #BD7215);

Spotlight

Hero panels and app headers

background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #448EEA 0%, #1560bd 45%, #0D3A73 100%);

Soft wash

Section backgrounds that stay readable

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F7FA, #ffffff);

Mesh

Ambient background, no image weight

background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #1FE6E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3218D9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0D3A73 0%, transparent 65%), #1560bd;

Monochromatic scale

#061C37 #0D3D77 #145DB8 #2C80E8 #6CA6EF #ACCDF6 #DAE9FB

Palettes built from #1560bd

UI palette

Gradient stops

Accent trio

Warm–cool bridge

Data series

Status set

Neutral companions

Shades — darker

#1356AA #114D97 #0F4384 #0D3A71 #0B305F #08264C #061D39 #041326 #020A13

Tints — lighter

#186ED8 #277DE7 #428DEA #5D9DED #78AEF0 #93BEF3 #AECEF6 #C9DEF9 #E4EFFC

Tones — desaturated

#1D61B5 #2662AC #2E63A4 #37649B #3F6593 #47658B #506682 #58677A #616871

Color harmonies

Complement

Split-complement

Analogous

Triadic

Tetradic

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.

Royal Blue#4169e1ΔE00 7.4 · ΔE76 17.2 Steel Blue#4682b4ΔE00 12.3 · ΔE76 31 Slate Blue#6a5acdΔE00 13.1 · ΔE76 22.5 Medium Slate Blue#7b68eeΔE00 16.3 · ΔE76 30.9 Dark Slate Blue#483d8bΔE00 16.4 · ΔE76 20.6 Slate Gray#708090ΔE00 16.7 · ΔE76 48.5

Closest CSS keywordRoyal Blue · ΔE 7.4 Closest darker nameMidnight Blue · ΔE 23.8 Closest lighter nameRoyal Blue · ΔE 7.4

Nearest Tailwind familyindigo-500 · #6366f1 · ΔE 12.8 Nearest web-safe colour#0066CC · ΔE 2.6

#1560bd 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

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.44:1 — lift it to #1973E2 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Brand examples for woad blue are listed above — each one links through to its own page.

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.

Woad Blue, answered

What is the woad blue hex code?

Woad blue approximates #1560bd — a deep denim-toned blue from the woad plant.

Did ancient warriors really paint themselves with woad?

Julius Caesar wrote that Britons dyed themselves blue — traditionally attributed to woad, though the exact substance is debated. The image of blue-painted Celtic/Pictish warriors endures.

Woad vs indigo?

The same blue chemical (indigotin), but woad is the European plant and weaker; imported Asian indigo was stronger and cheaper, displacing woad in the 1600s.

What color is #1560bd?

#1560bd is a dark electric blue, closest to Royal Blue (ΔE2000 7.4). It sits at 213° on the hue wheel with 80% saturation and 41% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #1560bd?

rgb(21, 96, 189) — 21 red, 96 green and 189 blue out of 255, or 8.2% / 37.6% / 74.1% by channel.

What is #1560bd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(213, 80%, 41%) and hsv(213, 89%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #1560bd a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1220 and perceived brightness is 38%, so white text on it reaches 6.10:1.

Should I use black or white text on #1560bd?

White. It scores 6.10:1 against #1560bd, versus 3.44:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #1560bd accessible on a white background?

#1560bd on white scores 6.10:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #1560bd?

#BD7215 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BD1E15 and #B4BD15, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #1560bd?

For interface work: #F4F7FA as the surface, #C0D4ED for borders, #4B6E9B for secondary text, #C14611 as an accent and #0D3A73 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #15B4BD and #1E15BD stays calm, while #BD7215 is the loudest partner.

What is #1560bd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(89%, 49%, 0%, 26%). 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 #1560bd warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 98 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #1522BD; nudged cooler, #1156A8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #1560bd?

The indigo family — its 500 step is #6366f1, ΔE2000 12.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #1560bd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #1560bd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#1560bd] or text-[#1560bd], 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 #1560bd with 50% opacity?

rgba(21, 96, 189, 0.5), or #1560bd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #8AB0DE; over black, #0B305F.

Is #1560bd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #0066CC, ΔE2000 2.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #1560bd 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 #1560bd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #287DE7, #1560bd 45%, #0D3A73). For more colour, a short hue run to #3E12A2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #1560bd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Contrast Checker →Palette Generator →Palette Pro →Scale Generator →CSS Code Generator →Color Blind Simulator →Accessibility Checker →Color Distance →Gradient Generator →Image Color Picker →

Every value on this page is computed from #1560bd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.