Deep Sea Blue #015482

About this color

#015482 is a dark, moderately saturated blue. In OKLCH its lightness is 43%, its chroma 0.102 and its hue 243°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. It is the named color Deep Sea Blue. White text reads best on it, at 8.10:1.

Colors that go with Deep Sea Blue

Matches found by rotating Deep Sea Blue around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Deep Sea Blue

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Deep Sea Blue, closest first.

• Anchor Swell
• Whiteboard Template
• Seaside Flight
• Strobe Pulse
• Summit Briefing
• Anchor Advisory
• Trust Briefing
• Vector Grid

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Deep Sea Blue, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Navy #155084 ΔE 0.014
• Dusk Blue #26538D ΔE 0.028
• Light Navy Blue #2E5A88 ΔE 0.036
• Cobalt #1E488F ΔE 0.045
• Twilight Blue #0A437A ΔE 0.051
• Denim Blue #3B5B92 ΔE 0.055
• YInMn Blue #415A77 ΔE 0.057
• Petrol #005F6A ΔE 0.060

More about Deep Sea Blue

• Shades of blue
• What blue means

How to make Deep Sea Blue

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts blue
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #1B5482, a difference of ΔE 0.011 from Deep Sea Blue. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make blue? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Deep Sea Blue in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Deep Sea Blue

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F1F6FA

   oklch(97.1% 0.008 241.7)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E0ECF5

   oklch(93.7% 0.018 240)

3. Step 200

   200

   #C7DCEE

   oklch(88.4% 0.034 244)

4. Step 300

   300

   #A0C6E5

   oklch(81% 0.06 243.2)

5. Step 400

   400

   #69A8D7

   oklch(70.8% 0.095 242.1)

6. Step 500

   500

   #3A91CD

   oklch(63.1% 0.122 242.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #027ABA

   oklch(55.6% 0.133 242.6)

8. Step 700

   700

   #00669D

   oklch(49% 0.118 242.7)

9. Step 800

   800 (this color)

   #015482

   oklch(42.8% 0.102 242.6)

10. Step 900

    900

    #114668

    oklch(37.8% 0.079 242.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #0C293D

    oklch(27% 0.051 242.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Deep Sea Blue with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.