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Recognised as Colour

#16137A

  • #16137A
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#16137A is a blue with RGB values 22, 19, 122 and HSL 242°, 73%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#16137A#16137A
HEX#16137A
RGBrgb(22, 19, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.0745, 0.4784
RGB percentages8.6%, 7.5%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(241.7, 73%, 27.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241.7, 84.4%, 47.8%)
CMYK82%, 84.4%, 0%, 52.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,446,778
CSS custom property--colour: #16137A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness45.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.91:1
Contrast with white14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B
Inverted#E9EC85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#002C7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#002278no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#003447no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.5Navy · ΔE 12.7Indigo · ΔE 14.5Dark blue · ΔE 17.3Rebecca purple · ΔE 20Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.45, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#777A13
Analogous#13437A, #4A137A
Triadic#7A1613, #137A16
Split complementary#7A4A13, #437A13
Tetradic#7A1343, #777A13, #137A4A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7470E9
Lighter +30%#4944E2
Lighter +20%#2621D2
Lighter +10%#1E1AA6
Darker −10%#0E0C4E
Darker −20%#060522
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#05018C
Less saturated −25%#272568

Channel breakdown

R22
G19
B122
Red22 (8.6%)
Green19 (7.5%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue241.75°
Saturation (HSL)73.05%
Lightness27.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 13 · B 7A

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