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Recognised as Colour

#161EFF

  • #161EFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue

#161EFF is a blue with RGB values 22, 30, 255 and HSL 238°, 100%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue.

Colour values

#161EFF#161EFF
HEX#161EFF
RGBrgb(22, 30, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1176, 1
RGB percentages8.6%, 11.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(237.9, 100%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(237.9, 91.4%, 100%)
CMYK91.4%, 88.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,449,727
CSS custom property--colour: #161EFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2D2D2D
Inverted#E9E100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#0044FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#006F98no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 112.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Blue · ΔE 7.5Medium blue · ΔE 16.9Blue violet · ΔE 30.3Dark violet · ΔE 34.1Dark orchid · ΔE 45.4Dark blue · ΔE 46.5
Nearest named CSS colourBlue (#0000FF)ΔE 7.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFF716
Analogous#1692FF, #8316FF
Triadic#FF161E, #1EFF16
Split complementary#FF8316, #92FF16
Tetradic#FF1692, #FFF716, #16FF83

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2E3FF
Lighter +30%#AFB2FF
Lighter +20%#7C80FF
Lighter +10%#494FFF
Darker −10%#0008E2
Darker −20%#0006AF
Darker −30%#00047C
Darker −40%#000349
More saturated +25%#161EFF
Less saturated −25%#3339E2

Channel breakdown

R22
G30
B255
Red22 (8.6%)
Green30 (11.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue237.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 1E · B FF

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