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Recognised as Colour

#160C51

  • #160C51
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#160C51 is a blue with RGB values 22, 12, 81 and HSL 249°, 74%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#160C51#160C51
HEX#160C51
RGBrgb(22, 12, 81)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0471, 0.3176
RGB percentages8.6%, 4.7%, 31.8%
HSLhsl(248.7, 74.2%, 18.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(248.7, 85.2%, 31.8%)
CMYK72.8%, 85.2%, 0%, 68.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,444,945
CSS custom property--colour: #160C51;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness31.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.42:1
Contrast with white17.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#131313
Inverted#E9F3AE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#001D53no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#001750no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00212Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.42:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 12.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.8Indigo · ΔE 29.4Navy · ΔE 31.7Dark blue · ΔE 36.9
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#47510C
Analogous#0C2551, #380C51
Triadic#51160C, #0C5116
Split complementary#51380C, #25510C
Tetradic#510C25, #47510C, #0C5138

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#5C45E4
Lighter +30%#3A20D6
Lighter +20%#2E19AA
Lighter +10%#22137D
Darker −10%#0A0525
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0E005D
Less saturated −25%#1E1845

Channel breakdown

R22
G12
B81
Red22 (8.6%)
Green12 (4.7%)
Blue81 (31.8%)
Hue248.7°
Saturation (HSL)74.19%
Lightness18.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 0C · B 51

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