Recognised as Colour

#160C23

#160C23
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Black

#160C23 is a violet with RGB values 22, 12, 35 and HSL 266°, 49%, 9%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 18.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

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HEX#160C23

RGBrgb(22, 12, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0471, 0.1373

RGB percentages8.6%, 4.7%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(266.1, 48.9%, 9.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(266.1, 65.7%, 13.7%)

CMYK37.1%, 65.7%, 0%, 86.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,444,899

CSS custom property--colour: #160C23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00555WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness19.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 18.9:1

Contrast with white18.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#101010

Inverted#E9F3DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#051124no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#081122no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#141015no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text18.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 17.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 35.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 41.9 Dim grey · ΔE 42.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 43.7 Slate grey · ΔE 49.4

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 17.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#19230C

Analogous#0C0E23, #220C23

Triadic#23160C, #0C2316

Split complementary#23220C, #0E230C

Tetradic#230C0D, #19230C, #0C2321

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#7540BB

Lighter +30%#5E3395

Lighter +20%#46266F

Lighter +10%#2E1949

Darker −10%#000000

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#150629

Less saturated −25%#17121D

Channel breakdown

R22

G12

B35

Red22 (8.6%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue266.09°

Saturation (HSL)48.94%

Lightness9.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 0C · B 23

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