Colour

#161A79

#161A79
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#161A79 is a blue with RGB values 22, 26, 121 and HSL 238°, 69%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

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HEX#161A79

RGBrgb(22, 26, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.102, 0.4745

RGB percentages8.6%, 10.2%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(237.6, 69.2%, 28%)

HSV / HSBhsv(237.6, 81.8%, 47.5%)

CMYK81.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,448,569

CSS custom property--colour: #161A79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0229WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness47 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.4:1

Contrast with white14.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#202020

Inverted#E9E586

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#002F7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#002577no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Tritanopia#003648no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text14.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 4.8 Navy · ΔE 17.9 Indigo · ΔE 17.9 Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.3 Dark slateblue · ΔE 19.8 Dark blue · ΔE 22.3

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 4.8, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#797516

Analogous#164B79, #441679

Triadic#79161A, #1A7916

Split complementary#794416, #4B7916

Tetradic#79164B, #797516, #167944

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#757AE6

Lighter +30%#4A50DE

Lighter +20%#262DCF

Lighter +10%#1E23A4

Darker −10%#0E114E

Darker −20%#060723

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#040A8B

Less saturated −25%#282A67

Channel breakdown

R22

G26

B121

Red22 (8.6%)

Green26 (10.2%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue237.58°

Saturation (HSL)69.23%

Lightness28.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 1A · B 79

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