Recognised as Colour

#161F77

#161F77
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Midnight blue

#161F77 is a blue with RGB values 22, 31, 119 and HSL 234°, 69%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#161F77#161F77

HEX#161F77

RGBrgb(22, 31, 119)

RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1216, 0.4667

RGB percentages8.6%, 12.2%, 46.7%

HSLhsl(234.4, 68.8%, 27.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(234.4, 81.5%, 46.7%)

CMYK81.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 53.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer1,449,847

CSS custom property--colour: #161F77;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness48.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 14.03:1

Contrast with white14.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#232323

Inverted#E9E088

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#00307Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#002775no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#003848no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text14.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 2.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.2 Rebecca purple · ΔE 20 Indigo · ΔE 21.8 Navy · ΔE 22.7 Dark blue · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 2.79, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#776E16

Analogous#164F77, #3E1677

Triadic#77161F, #1F7716

Split complementary#773E16, #4F7716

Tetradic#77164F, #776E16, #16773E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#747EE5

Lighter +30%#4956DD

Lighter +20%#2635CD

Lighter +10%#1E2AA2

Darker −10%#0E144C

Darker −20%#060921

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#041189

Less saturated −25%#282D65

Channel breakdown

R22

G31

B119

Red22 (8.6%)

Green31 (12.2%)

Blue119 (46.7%)

Hue234.43°

Saturation (HSL)68.79%

Lightness27.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 16 · G 1F · B 77

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