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Recognised as Colour

#00163C

  • #00163C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#00163C is a blue with RGB values 0, 22, 60 and HSL 218°, 100%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#00163C#00163C
HEX#00163C
RGBrgb(0, 22, 60)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.0863, 0.2353
RGB percentages0%, 8.6%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(218, 100%, 11.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 100%, 23.5%)
CMYK100%, 63.3%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,692
CSS custom property--colour: #00163C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness26.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.8:1
Contrast with white17.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#141414
Inverted#FFE9C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001B3Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#00153Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#002026no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 29.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 32.1Midnight blue · ΔE 32.8Dark slate grey · ΔE 38.9Dim grey · ΔE 46.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 46.4
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 29.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C2600
Analogous#00343C, #08003C
Triadic#3C0016, #163C00
Split complementary#3C0800, #343C00
Tetradic#3C0034, #3C2600, #003C08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#0963FF
Lighter +30%#004ED5
Lighter +20%#003BA2
Lighter +10%#00296F
Darker −10%#000309
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00163C
Less saturated −25%#081834

Channel breakdown

R0
G22
B60
Red0 (0%)
Green22 (8.6%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue218°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness11.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 16 · B 3C

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