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Recognised as Colour

#16004F

  • #16004F
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#16004F is a violet with RGB values 22, 0, 79 and HSL 257°, 100%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#16004F#16004F
HEX#16004F
RGBrgb(22, 0, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0, 0.3098
RGB percentages8.6%, 0%, 31%
HSLhsl(256.7, 100%, 15.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256.7, 100%, 31%)
CMYK72.2%, 100%, 0%, 69%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,441,871
CSS custom property--colour: #16004F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness29.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.31:1
Contrast with white18.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0A0A0A
Inverted#E9FFB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001751no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#00124Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#001B2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text18.31:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.7Indigo · ΔE 24.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.5Navy · ΔE 26.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 28Dark blue · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#394F00
Analogous#00124F, #3D004F
Triadic#4F1600, #004F16
Split complementary#4F3D00, #124F00
Tetradic#4F0012, #394F00, #004F3D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5B1CFF
Lighter +30%#4100E8
Lighter +20%#3200B5
Lighter +10%#240082
Darker −10%#08001C
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#16004F
Less saturated −25%#1A0A45

Channel breakdown

R22
G0
B79
Red22 (8.6%)
Green0 (0%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue256.71°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness15.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 00 · B 4F

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