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Recognised as Colour

#161F85

  • #161F85
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Midnight blue

#161F85 is a blue with RGB values 22, 31, 133 and HSL 235°, 72%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Midnight blue.

Colour values

#161F85#161F85
HEX#161F85
RGBrgb(22, 31, 133)
RGB (0–1)0.0863, 0.1216, 0.5216
RGB percentages8.6%, 12.2%, 52.2%
HSLhsl(235.1, 71.6%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.1, 83.5%, 52.2%)
CMYK83.5%, 76.7%, 0%, 47.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,449,861
CSS custom property--colour: #161F85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.02844WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 13.39:1
Contrast with white13.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#242424
Inverted#E9E07A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#003488no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#002983no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Tritanopia#003D50no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text13.39:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Midnight blue · ΔE 9.1Navy · ΔE 15.7Indigo · ΔE 16.8Rebecca purple · ΔE 18.4Dark blue · ΔE 19.5Dark slateblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourMidnight blue (#191970)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#857C16
Analogous#165785, #441685
Triadic#85161F, #1F8516
Split complementary#854416, #578516
Tetradic#851657, #857C16, #168544

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7D86EA
Lighter +30%#525DE2
Lighter +20%#2635DB
Lighter +10%#1D29B1
Darker −10%#0F1559
Darker −20%#080B2D
Darker −30%#000002
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#030F98
Less saturated −25%#292F72

Channel breakdown

R22
G31
B133
Red22 (8.6%)
Green31 (12.2%)
Blue133 (52.2%)
Hue235.14°
Saturation (HSL)71.61%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 16 · G 1F · B 85

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