Recognised as Colour

#161F37

#161F37
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#161F37 is a blue with RGB values 22, 31, 55 and HSL 224°, 43%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Black.

Colour values

#161F37#161F37

HEX#161F37

RGBrgb(22, 31, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1216, 0.2157

RGB percentages8.6%, 12.2%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(223.6, 42.9%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 60%, 21.6%)

CMYK60%, 43.6%, 0%, 78.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,449,783

CSS custom property--colour: #161F37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.34:1

Contrast with white16.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#E9E0C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#162138no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#121E36no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Tritanopia#072428no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.3 Dim grey · ΔE 36.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 38.1 Slate grey · ΔE 41.7 Midnight blue · ΔE 42.7

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#372E16

Analogous#163037, #1E1637

Triadic#37161F, #1F3716

Split complementary#371D16, #303716

Tetradic#371630, #372E16, #16371D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5B76BE

Lighter +30%#425DA4

Lighter +20%#334880

Lighter +10%#25345B

Darker −10%#070A13

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0C1B41

Less saturated −25%#20232D

Channel breakdown

R22

G31

B55

Red22 (8.6%)

Green31 (12.2%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue223.64°

Saturation (HSL)42.86%

Lightness15.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 1F · B 37

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