Colour

#160C56

#160C56
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#160C56 is a blue with RGB values 22, 12, 86 and HSL 248°, 76%, 19%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#160C56#160C56

HEX#160C56

RGBrgb(22, 12, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0471, 0.3373

RGB percentages8.6%, 4.7%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(248.1, 75.5%, 19.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.1, 86%, 33.7%)

CMYK74.4%, 86%, 0%, 66.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,444,950

CSS custom property--colour: #160C56;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01105WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.2:1

Contrast with white17.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#131313

Inverted#E9F3A9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#001E58no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#001855no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Tritanopia#002331no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.3 Indigo · ΔE 26.7 Rebecca purple · ΔE 26.9 Navy · ΔE 28.7 Dark blue · ΔE 33.9

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.66, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C560C

Analogous#0C2756, #3B0C56

Triadic#56160C, #0C5616

Split complementary#563B0C, #27560C

Tetradic#560C27, #4C560C, #0C563B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5E48E6

Lighter +30%#381FDC

Lighter +20%#2D18B0

Lighter +10%#211283

Darker −10%#0B0629

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0D0062

Less saturated −25%#1F184A

Channel breakdown

R22

G12

B86

Red22 (8.6%)

Green12 (4.7%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue248.11°

Saturation (HSL)75.51%

Lightness19.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 0C · B 56

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