Colour

#16116E

#16116E
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#16116E is a blue with RGB values 22, 17, 110 and HSL 243°, 73%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#16116E#16116E

HEX#16116E

RGBrgb(22, 17, 110)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0667, 0.4314

RGB percentages8.6%, 6.7%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(243.2, 73.2%, 24.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 84.5%, 43.1%)

CMYK80%, 84.5%, 0%, 56.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,446,254

CSS custom property--colour: #16116E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness41.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 15.68:1

Contrast with white15.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#191919

Inverted#E9EE91

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002871no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#001F6Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#002E40no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text15.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4.7 Indigo · ΔE 17.7 Navy · ΔE 17.8 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21 Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.6 Dark blue · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 4.68, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#696E11

Analogous#113A6E, #45116E

Triadic#6E1611, #116E16

Split complementary#6E4511, #3A6E11

Tetradic#6E113B, #696E11, #116E45

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6B64E7

Lighter +30%#4138E0

Lighter +20%#281FC6

Lighter +10%#1F189A

Darker −10%#0D0A42

Darker −20%#040316

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#08017E

Less saturated −25%#24215E

Channel breakdown

R22

G17

B110

Red22 (8.6%)

Green17 (6.7%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue243.23°

Saturation (HSL)73.23%

Lightness24.9%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 11 · B 6E

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