Colour

#161C29

#161C29
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#161C29 is a blue with RGB values 22, 28, 41 and HSL 221°, 30%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#161C29#161C29

HEX#161C29

RGBrgb(22, 28, 41)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1098, 0.1608

RGB percentages8.6%, 11%, 16.1%

HSLhsl(221.1, 30.2%, 12.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.1, 46.3%, 16.1%)

CMYK46.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 83.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,449,001

CSS custom property--colour: #161C29;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01161WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness28.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 17.04:1

Contrast with white17.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1C1C1C

Inverted#E9E3D6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#181D2Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#161B29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#101F20no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text17.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 14.2 Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.5 Dim grey · ΔE 35.5 Slate grey · ΔE 42.7 Gray · ΔE 44.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 45.6

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 14.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#292316

Analogous#162529, #1A1629

Triadic#29161C, #1C2916

Split complementary#291A16, #252916

Tetradic#291625, #292316, #16291A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#6178AA

Lighter +30%#4B608D

Lighter +20%#3A496B

Lighter +10%#28334A

Darker −10%#040508

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0E1931

Less saturated −25%#1E1F21

Channel breakdown

R22

G28

B41

Red22 (8.6%)

Green28 (11%)

Blue41 (16.1%)

Hue221.05°

Saturation (HSL)30.16%

Lightness12.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 1C · B 29

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