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Recognised as Colour

#16025C

  • #16025C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#16025C is a blue with RGB values 22, 2, 92 and HSL 253°, 96%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#16025C#16025C
HEX#16025C
RGBrgb(22, 2, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0078, 0.3608
RGB percentages8.6%, 0.8%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(253.3, 95.7%, 18.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.3, 97.8%, 36.1%)
CMYK76.1%, 97.8%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,442,396
CSS custom property--colour: #16025C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness33.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.54:1
Contrast with white17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#0D0D0D
Inverted#E9FDA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D5Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#00155Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#002233no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 8.9Indigo · ΔE 19.4Navy · ΔE 20.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 24.7Dark slateblue · ΔE 25.2Dark blue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 8.94, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#485C02
Analogous#021B5C, #43025C
Triadic#5C1602, #025C16
Split complementary#5C4302, #1B5C02
Tetradic#5C021B, #485C02, #025C43

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5D30FA
Lighter +30%#3A05F2
Lighter +20%#2E04C0
Lighter +10%#22038E
Darker −10%#0A012A
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15005E
Less saturated −25%#1D0E50

Channel breakdown

R22
G2
B92
Red22 (8.6%)
Green2 (0.8%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue253.33°
Saturation (HSL)95.74%
Lightness18.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 02 · B 5C

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