Recognised as Colour

#160B24

#160B24
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#160B24 is a violet with RGB values 22, 11, 36 and HSL 266°, 53%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 19:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#160B24

RGBrgb(22, 11, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0431, 0.1412

RGB percentages8.6%, 4.3%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(266.4, 53.2%, 9.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.4, 69.4%, 14.1%)

CMYK38.9%, 69.4%, 0%, 85.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,444,644

CSS custom property--colour: #160B24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness19.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.96:1

Contrast with white18.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#0F0F0F

Inverted#E9F4DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#041025no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#061023no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#131015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.11:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 18.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 41 Midnight blue · ΔE 42.5 Dim grey · ΔE 43.4 Slate grey · ΔE 49.8

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 18.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#19240B

Analogous#0B0C24, #230B24

Triadic#24160B, #0B2416

Split complementary#24230B, #0C240B

Tetradic#240B0C, #19240B, #0B2423

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#753BC0

Lighter +30%#5E2F99

Lighter +20%#462372

Lighter +10%#2E174B

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#15052A

Less saturated −25%#17111E

Channel breakdown

R22

G11

B36

Red22 (8.6%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue266.4°

Saturation (HSL)53.19%

Lightness9.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 0B · B 24

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