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Recognised as Colour

#161E8C

  • #161E8C
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Navy

#161E8C is a blue with RGB values 22, 30, 140 and HSL 236°, 73%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Navy.

Colour values

#161E8C#161E8C
HEX#161E8C
RGBrgb(22, 30, 140)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1176, 0.549
RGB percentages8.6%, 11.8%, 54.9%
HSLhsl(235.9, 72.8%, 31.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.9, 84.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK84.3%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,449,612
CSS custom property--colour: #161E8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness53.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.14:1
Contrast with white13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#E9E173

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#00368Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#002A8Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#003F54no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Navy · ΔE 12.2Midnight blue · ΔE 13.5Indigo · ΔE 15Dark blue · ΔE 15.4Rebecca purple · ΔE 19.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourNavy (#000080)ΔE 12.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C8416
Analogous#16598C, #49168C
Triadic#8C161E, #1E8C16
Split complementary#8C4916, #598C16
Tetradic#8C1659, #8C8416, #168C49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#838AEB
Lighter +30%#5660E5
Lighter +20%#2A37DE
Lighter +10%#1D27B8
Darker −10%#0F1560
Darker −20%#080B34
Darker −30%#010208
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#020CA0
Less saturated −25%#2A3078

Channel breakdown

R22
G30
B140
Red22 (8.6%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue140 (54.9%)
Hue235.93°
Saturation (HSL)72.84%
Lightness31.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 1E · B 8C

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