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Recognised as Colour

#161D85

  • #161D85
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#161D85 is a blue with RGB values 22, 29, 133 and HSL 236°, 72%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#161D85#161D85
HEX#161D85
RGBrgb(22, 29, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1137, 0.5216
RGB percentages8.6%, 11.4%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(236.2, 71.6%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.2, 83.5%, 52.2%)
CMYK83.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,449,349
CSS custom property--colour: #161D85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness51.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.56:1
Contrast with white13.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#232323
Inverted#E9E27A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003488no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#002883no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original
Tritanopia#003C50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.56:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 10.1Navy · ΔE 14.2Indigo · ΔE 15.8Dark blue · ΔE 18.1Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.6Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 10.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#857E16
Analogous#165485, #471685
Triadic#85161D, #1D8516
Split complementary#854716, #548516
Tetradic#851654, #857E16, #168547

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7D84EA
Lighter +30%#525BE2
Lighter +20%#2631DB
Lighter +10%#1D27B1
Darker −10%#0F1359
Darker −20%#080A2D
Darker −30%#000002
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#030C98
Less saturated −25%#292E72

Channel breakdown

R22
G29
B133
Red22 (8.6%)
Green29 (11.4%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue236.22°
Saturation (HSL)71.61%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 1D · B 85

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