Recognised as Colour

#161F38

#161F38
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Black

#161F38 is a blue with RGB values 22, 31, 56 and HSL 224°, 44%, 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

#161F38#161F38

HEX#161F38

RGBrgb(22, 31, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1216, 0.2196

RGB percentages8.6%, 12.2%, 22%

HSLhsl(224.1, 43.6%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.1, 60.7%, 22%)

CMYK60.7%, 44.6%, 0%, 78%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,449,784

CSS custom property--colour: #161F38;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.01436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness32.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 16.31:1

Contrast with white16.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

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

Greyscale equivalent#1F1F1F

Inverted#E9E0C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#152239no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#111E37no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#062428no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text16.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

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

Named colours

Black · ΔE 21.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.8 Dim grey · ΔE 37 Dark slateblue · ΔE 37.4 Slate grey · ΔE 41.8 Midnight blue · ΔE 42

Nearest named CSS colourBlack (#000000)ΔE 21.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#382F16

Analogous#163038, #1E1638

Triadic#38161F, #1F3816

Split complementary#381E16, #303816

Tetradic#381630, #382F16, #16381E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#5B76BF

Lighter +30%#415CA6

Lighter +20%#334881

Lighter +10%#24335D

Darker −10%#080B13

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0C1A42

Less saturated −25%#20242E

Channel breakdown

R22

G31

B56

Red22 (8.6%)

Green31 (12.2%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue224.12°

Saturation (HSL)43.59%

Lightness15.29%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 1F · B 38

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