Orient#015E85, a cool medium blue

At a glanceOrient is #015E85, oklch(45.5% 0.097 235.6), a cool medium blue. Partner it with a warm medium orange #E19D65 as an accent, a cool vivid blue #2F5AB7 for harmony, and a cool pale blue #A1ABB2 as a neutral. Reach for it as a text color on light backgrounds, or a brand or accent color, and it holds AA contrast against white and reproduces faithfully on coated presses.
Color codes

Orient in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of blue is Orient?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Orient's, measured rather than asserted.

Orient's Munsell numbers: hue 0.3PB, value 3.7 (how light), chroma 6.8 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block moderate blue, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 6.8 is low. This is a greyed, muted blue, nearer neutral than vivid, which is why it reads as a surface rather than an accent.

There's still some room before it hits the edge of what your screen can show for this hue. It could go a little more saturated and stay in gamut.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Orient, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #015E85. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, orient-800.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

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The window on the right was generated from #015E85, like this whole page.

Accessibility

Is Orient accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. White text on #015E85 clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 64 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

Rhapsody Palette

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Run #015E85 against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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The audit on the right was calibrated from #015E85, like this whole page.

Print

Orient in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

Every held press standard prints this color exactly as it is.

In CMYK, #015E85 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 11.3, 4.5× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 8.7, 3.5× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Coated FOGRA39 prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Japan Color 2011 Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

APTEC Flexo Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK held to prints the color exactly.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Orients

Colors similar to Orient

Here are other colors similar to Orient along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Blues

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Chathams BlueChathams Blue#175579white text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Deep Sea BlueDeep Sea Blue#015482white text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Peacock BluePeacock Blue#016795white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Ugly BlueUgly Blue#31668Awhite text · AA✓ prints exactly
Dusk BlueDusk Blue#26538Dwhite text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Light NavyLight Navy#155084white text · AAA✓ prints exactly
DenimDenim#3B638Cwhite text · AA✓ prints exactly
MatisseMatisse#1B659Dwhite text · AA✓ prints exactly
Denim BlueDenim Blue#3B5B92white text · AA✓ prints exactly
ChambrayChambray#354E8Cwhite text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Dusky BlueDusky Blue#475F94white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Ocean BlueOcean Blue#03719Cwhite text · AA✓ prints exactly
Muted BlueMuted Blue#3B719Fwhite text · AA✓ prints exactly
AllportsAllports#0076A3white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Kashmir BlueKashmir Blue#507096white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Flat BlueFlat Blue#3C73A8white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Deep CeruleanDeep Cerulean#007BA7white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Dull BlueDull Blue#49759Cwhite text · AA✓ prints exactly
AstralAstral#327DA0white text · AA✓ prints exactly
Stormy BlueStormy Blue#507B9Cblack text · AA✓ prints exactly
WedgewoodWedgewood#4E7F9Eblack text · AA✓ prints exactly
Steel BlueSteel Blue#4682B4black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Cool BlueCool Blue#4984B8black text · AA✓ prints exactly
Off BlueOff Blue#5684AEblack text · AA✓ prints exactly
Dusty BlueDusty Blue#5A86ADblack text · AA✓ prints exactly
Pairings

Colors that go with Orient

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a warm medium scarlet #C25345. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

Downloads

Take Orient with you

The work on this page doesn't stay here. Save a card and the color arrives in your file, your deck or your board already decided.

Orient color codes: hex #015E85, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Orient, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Orient paired with a warm medium orange #E19D65, a cool vivid blue #2F5AB7, a cool pale blue #A1ABB2: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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