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Recognised as Colour

#16022A

  • #16022A
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#16022A is a violet with RGB values 22, 2, 42 and HSL 270°, 91%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#16022A#16022A
HEX#16022A
RGBrgb(22, 2, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0078, 0.1647
RGB percentages8.6%, 0.8%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(270, 90.9%, 8.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 95.2%, 16.5%)
CMYK47.6%, 95.2%, 0%, 83.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,442,346
CSS custom property--colour: #16022A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00381WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness18.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 19.51:1
Contrast with white19.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#090909
Inverted#E9FDD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#000C2Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#000C29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#120B15no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text19.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 27.2Midnight blue · ΔE 34.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 35.7Dark slate grey · ΔE 43.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 47.2Dim grey · ΔE 49
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 27.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#162A02
Analogous#02022A, #2A022A
Triadic#2A1602, #022A16
Split complementary#2A2A02, #022A02
Tetradic#2A0202, #162A02, #022A2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7C0BED
Lighter +30%#6209BC
Lighter +20%#49078B
Lighter +10%#2F045B
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#16002C
Less saturated −25%#160825

Channel breakdown

R22
G2
B42
Red22 (8.6%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue270°
Saturation (HSL)90.91%
Lightness8.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 02 · B 2A

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