Colour

#161B34

#161B34
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#161B34 is a blue with RGB values 22, 27, 52 and HSL 230°, 41%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#161B34#161B34

HEX#161B34

RGBrgb(22, 27, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1059, 0.2039

RGB percentages8.6%, 10.6%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(230, 40.5%, 14.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(230, 57.7%, 20.4%)

CMYK57.7%, 48.1%, 0%, 79.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,448,756

CSS custom property--colour: #161B34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness29.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.93:1

Contrast with white16.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#E9E4CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#111E35no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0E1B33no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#0A2024no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 30.6 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.7 Dim grey · ΔE 38.5 Midnight blue · ΔE 41.5 Slate grey · ΔE 43.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#342F16

Analogous#162A34, #201634

Triadic#34161B, #1B3416

Split complementary#342016, #2A3416

Tetradic#34162A, #342F16, #163420

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5C6CBA

Lighter +30%#4353A0

Lighter +20%#34407C

Lighter +10%#252E58

Darker −10%#070810

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0D153D

Less saturated −25%#1F212B

Channel breakdown

R22

G27

B52

Red22 (8.6%)

Green27 (10.6%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue230°

Saturation (HSL)40.54%

Lightness14.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 1B · B 34

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