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Recognised as Colour

#161B88

  • #161B88
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#161B88 is a blue with RGB values 22, 27, 136 and HSL 237°, 72%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#161B88#161B88
HEX#161B88
RGBrgb(22, 27, 136)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1059, 0.5333
RGB percentages8.6%, 10.6%, 53.3%
HSLhsl(237.4, 72.2%, 31%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.4, 83.8%, 53.3%)
CMYK83.8%, 80.1%, 0%, 46.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,448,840
CSS custom property--colour: #161B88;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02732WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness51.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.58:1
Contrast with white13.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#222222
Inverted#E9E477

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00348Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Deuteranopia#002886no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Tritanopia#003C51no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 11.6Midnight blue · ΔE 12.8Indigo · ΔE 14.5Dark blue · ΔE 15.2Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.9
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 11.62, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#888316
Analogous#165488, #4A1688
Triadic#88161B, #1B8816
Split complementary#884A16, #548816
Tetradic#881654, #888316, #16884A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8084EA
Lighter +30%#545AE3
Lighter +20%#2830DC
Lighter +10%#1D24B4
Darker −10%#0F125C
Darker −20%#080A30
Darker −30%#010104
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#02099C
Less saturated −25%#2A2D74

Channel breakdown

R22
G27
B136
Red22 (8.6%)
Green27 (10.6%)
Blue136 (53.3%)
Hue237.37°
Saturation (HSL)72.15%
Lightness30.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 1B · B 88

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