Colour

#16103B

#16103B
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#16103B is a blue with RGB values 22, 16, 59 and HSL 248°, 57%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#16103B

RGBrgb(22, 16, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0627, 0.2314

RGB percentages8.6%, 6.3%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(248.4, 57.3%, 14.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(248.4, 72.9%, 23.1%)

CMYK62.7%, 72.9%, 0%, 76.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,445,947

CSS custom property--colour: #16103B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.00857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness26.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.93:1

Contrast with white17.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#141414

Inverted#E9EFC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00183Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original

Deuteranopia#00163Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Tritanopia#061B23no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 28.1 Dark slateblue · ΔE 29 Black · ΔE 32.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 41.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 44 Indigo · ΔE 45.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 28.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#353B10

Analogous#101F3B, #2C103B

Triadic#3B1610, #103B16

Split complementary#3B2C10, #1F3B10

Tetradic#3B101F, #353B10, #103B2C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5C49CE

Lighter +30%#4331B3

Lighter +20%#34268B

Lighter +10%#251B63

Darker −10%#070513

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0F0744

Less saturated −25%#1D1932

Channel breakdown

R22

G16

B59

Red22 (8.6%)

Green16 (6.3%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue248.37°

Saturation (HSL)57.33%

Lightness14.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 10 · B 3B

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