Recognised as Colour

#160B2B

#160B2B
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#160B2B is a violet with RGB values 22, 11, 43 and HSL 261°, 59%, 11%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#160B2B#160B2B

HEX#160B2B

RGBrgb(22, 11, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0431, 0.1686

RGB percentages8.6%, 4.3%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(260.6, 59.3%, 10.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(260.6, 74.4%, 16.9%)

CMYK48.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 83.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,444,651

CSS custom property--colour: #160B2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00584WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness20.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.8:1

Contrast with white18.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#E9F4D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00122Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#01112Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#111219no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 23.9 Dark slateblue · ΔE 36.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 37.1 Dark slate grey · ΔE 39.3 Dim grey · ΔE 45.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 49.2

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 23.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#202B0B

Analogous#0B102B, #260B2B

Triadic#2B160B, #0B2B16

Split complementary#2B260B, #102B0B

Tetradic#2B0B10, #202B0B, #0B2B26

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6A36CC

Lighter +30%#542AA5

Lighter +20%#40207C

Lighter +10%#2B1554

Darker −10%#010102

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#140432

Less saturated −25%#181224

Channel breakdown

R22

G11

B43

Red22 (8.6%)

Green11 (4.3%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue260.63°

Saturation (HSL)59.26%

Lightness10.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 0B · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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