Colour

#160C53

#160C53
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#160C53 is a blue with RGB values 22, 12, 83 and HSL 248°, 75%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#160C53#160C53

HEX#160C53

RGBrgb(22, 12, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0471, 0.3255

RGB percentages8.6%, 4.7%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(248.5, 74.7%, 18.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.5, 85.5%, 32.5%)

CMYK73.5%, 85.5%, 0%, 67.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,444,947

CSS custom property--colour: #160C53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01058WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness31.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.33:1

Contrast with white17.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#E9F3AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001D55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#001752no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00212Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 11.2 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6 Rebecca purple · ΔE 28.1 Indigo · ΔE 28.3 Navy · ΔE 30.5 Dark blue · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 11.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#49530C

Analogous#0C2653, #390C53

Triadic#53160C, #0C5316

Split complementary#53390C, #26530C

Tetradic#530C26, #49530C, #0C5339

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5D47E4

Lighter +30%#391FD9

Lighter +20%#2E19AC

Lighter +10%#221280

Darker −10%#0A0626

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0D005F

Less saturated −25%#1F1847

Channel breakdown

R22

G12

B83

Red22 (8.6%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue248.45°

Saturation (HSL)74.74%

Lightness18.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 0C · B 53

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