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Recognised as Colour

#161C1A

  • #161C1A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Black

#161C1A is a cyan with RGB values 22, 28, 26 and HSL 160°, 12%, 10%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#161C1A#161C1A
HEX#161C1A
RGBrgb(22, 28, 26)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1098, 0.102
RGB percentages8.6%, 11%, 10.2%
HSLhsl(160, 12%, 9.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 21.4%, 11%)
CMYK21.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 89%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,448,986
CSS custom property--colour: #161C1A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness26.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.28:1
Contrast with white17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#1B1B1B
Inverted#E9E3E5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#1C1B1Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#1A1A1Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#151C1Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 10.2Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.6Dim grey · ΔE 35Gray · ΔE 44.1Slate grey · ΔE 44.6Dark olivegreen · ΔE 47
Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 10.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1C1618
Analogous#161C17, #161B1C
Triadic#1A161C, #1C1A16
Split complementary#1C161B, #1C1716
Tetradic#17161C, #1C1618, #1B1C16

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#708E84
Lighter +30%#59726A
Lighter +20%#43554F
Lighter +10%#2C3935
Darker −10%#000000
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#10221C
Less saturated −25%#191919

Channel breakdown

R22
G28
B26
Red22 (8.6%)
Green28 (11%)
Blue26 (10.2%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)12%
Lightness9.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 16 · G 1C · B 1A

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